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OFFICEIlS Dear jriends_ Presldenl ROB ERT V. WOLF, '5 1, 244·L McNu" Hall . UMR, Roll •. MO 65401 Your alun . Pr csld cnl-elcct We lnl aSSOCiation celebrated G ERALD l. ST EVENSON, '59 , Jacobs Engin eer Group, 25 1 South Lake Dr. , Pasadena, CA ekend oj October 1.3 F: 1993 HomeCOming the 91 101 and nostalgic occos . Or those who attended it w Vice Pr es id ent W.R "PAT" BROADDUS, '5 5. AAI, P.O. Box 2545, D.lton. GA 30722 with a genero IOn. Alums jrom the class 0 1 1 ;93 as both a joyous Vice Pres id ent us contll1gent 'I I 'retumed I ALFR ED J. BUESCH ER, '611 , Sverdrup Corp., .1 3 723 Rlvcrpon Drive. MMyiand H eigh ts, MO ago and hundreds who grad~a:;~s; who graduated more than ~~ ::! 63043 My ojjice dictionary d 'b unng the intervening years rs Volume 6' Vice Pres ldenl returning home /' . escn es homeCOming as tl " MATTEO A. COCO. '66. 7 115 Alicelon Ave., AflIOO1 . MO 63 123 ... , willch seems .. . a comll1g to Or UNIVERS I Secretary that homeCOming I'S aWjully site,specific I'd tl ROBERT T . BERRY, '72, Burns & McDonnell , 10795 Watson Road. Sunset Hills, M O 631 27 more pe I " . ra ler je I CHANCEL Trc{ls urcr oj jriends oj homeCOming canebe John T P J.L. ' JACK " PAINTER, '50, P.O Box 723. Roll • . MO 65401 I: r::agt~:: ri~;g lo~;. ::~;:::;~~:t:~, MS,j·U'lf oJ recolleclion and a I' are a common past Robert V. DIRECTORS AT LAR GE reminiscence and at· Ime oj jellowship' a lime .r . Ime oj celebr . ' oJ EXECUTI\ gatheling oj alums is a hom otlon. I'd like to think that any Donald G CHR ISTA DEGON IA ANDREW. 2436 Wesb.y Dr., M.ryland Heights, MO 63043 I ' dl ecomll1g h I ROBERT S. BRUCE, '69, 15 C.rrswold, CI.ylon, MO 63 105 Jnen y chat arOund II ' w el ler th at gatheri . 1e water cooler ng IS a JAMES W HOELSCHER, '48, 11 3 Slonebridge Dr., Hend ersonville, NC 28739 TheMSM ALISSA M. GALLAGHER. '8 1.816 S. Berry. 51 Loul" MO 63122 game, Or a meeling oj one 0 1 • al work, a luncheon, a card COuntry. ' Our dozens oj alum ' . lographe< DENNIS F. JAGGI, '70, 1509 Nlghlhawk Dr.. Edmond, OK 73034 n, sections arOund th ROBERT R MORRISON . '7 1. 730 R.lnlree, N.pervllle, IL 60540 We ' h e UMRDep ve ad an increasin Marke t in~ A RE A DIRECTORS Rolla jo' . g number oj Our I " I va no us events during th a urns coming home" t sociaUon . YOu r alma mat . e year. Ij you jind '1 . 0 Area Zip Co des w·o er. enjoy yow' perSonal h I Impossible to visit EDITOR 00· 14 S. DALE McHENRY, '8 1, AT& T. RI. 2021206 Norlh, Room 4B232. Bedminster, NJ I 1 some othe I omecoming b 0792 1 in r a ums in your area Ij II. Y getting together KalhyMa 15·26 ROBERT C. PERR Y. '49, 302 Fox Chapel Rd .. ApI. 500. Pi ttsburgh. PA 15238 YO ur area. attend the s. . lere IS an active alum' . 27-36 WILLIAM H. GAMMON '49, 4142 Soulhwell Way. SarC'l sota, FL 3424 1 about hi' eClion actiVities' ij II " m sectIOn e Ping LIS to form one? / Jere Isn t a section how ASSOCIA' 37-4 5 G RAH AM G . SUTH ERLAND III, '64, Morrison Knudson-MK Ferguson, 1500 W . 3 rd 51., (Alumni I Cleveland, Of-! 4411 3 All oj Ihe ojjicers d" . , tl 6-52 W ILLIAM M. FARRELl., '65,5400 Winthrop Court, Evansville, IN 47715 me in b,in in '. /l ectors and stajj oj YO UI' al . . (Fealures 53·6 1 ROBERT M. SAXER. '6 1, 704 E. Ced ... Ave .. 5 1. Charles, IL 60 174 g g you gleetll1gs and Ou . b . umm association jOin I est Wishes. 62·62 ROBERT F. UTHOFF. '52. 42 Ci rcle Drive. Springfield. IL 62703 CONTRIBI 63·65 JERRY R. BAYLESS. '59. 101 ERL. UMR, Rolla, MO 65401 Laura Bes WILLIAM W. COLLINS, '50. 1608 WUson Orcle, Rolla. MO 6540 I Dick HaIfi MI CHAEL E. FERR ETTI. '67. 2493 Country Place Dr., Maryland Heights, MO 63043 Robert V W II . JAMES l. FOIL. '74 , 207 NE Country Lane, Lee's Summit, MO 64063 PreSident, MSM.UM . OJ, 51, '52 John Keal ROBEHT J. SC HNELL, 78,3526 Brookstone 5 Dr., 51. Louis, MO 63 129 R Alumni ASsociation Carol Kie l HUMBERT E. "BOB" SFR EDDO, '58, P.O. Box 1302. Jellerson CJly, MO 65 102 Mari anne KEV IN C. SI

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DONALD G BRACKIIAIIN, '93 Executive Vice Presldcnt, M SM -UMR Alu mni Associa tion LINDSAY LOMAX BAGNALL, '76. Asslstllnt Vice: PI(>sldcll t, MSM · U MR Alumni Association the us 'oth a joyoUs I N T H s s s u E ned, along 'an 50 years lrs. Volume 67 - Number4 · Nove mber 1993 ng to Or UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA ler feel It was a flood that made history. CHANCELLOR From the heart of Des Moines to the 9 COn be John T. Park FLOOD OF '93 'nfJOst. MSM-UMR ALUMNI ASSOC. PRESIDENT suburbs of St. Louis - and in countless Roberl V. Wolf, '51, '52 small towns and river cities in Iowa, Kan­ EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT sas, Illinois and Missouri - the Mississippi ny Donald G. Brackhah n COVER STORY: THE FLOOD OF '93 Co-op students get the lesson of a lifetime ...... page 4 River and its tributaries overran their banks lTd The MSM Alumnus is written, edited, pho­ last summer, flooding farmland, inundat­ tographed, and designed by the staff of the Flood soldiers battle Mother Nature, ing entire towns, devastating man-made lund the UMR D epartment of Communications and and critics...... page 8 Marketing and th e MSM -UMR Alumni As­ efforts to tame the river. Dozens of people were killed, and billions of dollars in prop­ rle " to sociation. D es Moines has more than enough water -except to drink ...... page 10 erty was damaged. Much of the Mississippi to visit EDITOR River basin - "the body of a nation," as 1gether Kathy Matthews UMR alums prove they have a "fla ir for the Mark Twain called it - was paralyzed by section practical " when it comes to flood fight ...... page 12 ASSOCIATE EDITORS the Flood of '93. 10W (Alumni ) Lindsay Lomax Bagnall '76 Spotlight shines on Dyhouse ...... page 14 While the Flood of '93 ranks among the (Features & News) Andrew Careaga worst of natural disasters, it also brought njoin USGS measures up ...... page 15 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS out the best in many people. Our alumni Laura Best '94 are no exception. Many MSM-UMR gradu­ Take the high road: Some of Missouri's hi ghways Dick Hatfield were damaged by riSing waters ...... page 16 ates - as well as current students - played ;1 ,'52 John Kean Carol Kieh l a vital role in the battle to protect humanity iation Mari anne Ward Better than ever: A mayor's hopes for rebUi lding and human endeavors from the ravages of his town after the flood ...... page 19 the river. This issue profiles some of those PHOTOGRAPHERS graduates - engineers who poured their Kathy Matthews Missouri DNR helps map the disas ter ...... page 20 Khan Powell '94 soul into the battle to rescue levees, build­ Dan Seifert/Stonehouse Photography Alum volunteer keeps communication open ings and entire communities from the flood. for rescue effort ...... page 21 There were so many graduates who joined SUPPORT STAFF the flood fight that we don't have room to Tamie Hance Weath er service saw it coming ...... page 22 Li sa May include them all in one issue. We do hope Miner football players trade in weights that the stories that follow give you some EDITORIAL AD VISORS FOR THIS ISSUE: for sandbags ...... page 23 idea of the many roles our alumni played in • James C. Brown, CE'71 , supervisory civil engineer, dam safety and perfor­ this historic event. mance monitoring, U.S. Army Corps Dr. Joe Min or of Engineers, 5t. L ouis District. FACULTY PROFILE: • Paul R. Munger, CE '5S,'61, profes­ wa nts to toughen up building codes ...... page 24 sor of civil engineering, UMR. • Bob Sfreddo, CE'5S, division engi­ On the cover: A view of the flood damage surrounding ASSOCIATION NEWS ...... , ...... page 26 neer of design, Missouri Highway the Misso uri state capitol building and downtown Homecoming fun and award wi nners and Transportation Department. Jefferson City. The normal channel of the Missouri Claude N. Strauser. CE'69, chief of River flows through the extreme upper part of the potamology, U.S. Army Corps of En­ photo. U.S . High way 63 runs through the middle of the gineers, 51. Louis District. ALUMNI NOTES .... , ...... page 30 photo between the line of trees and the light-colored high-rise bUilding. (p hoto courtesy of the Missouri High­ way and Transportation Department.) MSM Al umnus SECTION NEWS ...... page 44 (USPS-323-500) Above: the Miller City, III. levee break, where UMR co­ op students spent part of their summer. Th e normal Issued quarterly in the interest of th e graduates and former students of the Missouri School of Mines and AROUND CAMPUS .... , ... , ...... page 48 liver channel is at the bottom of the photograph. (photo Metallurgy and the University of Missouri -Rolla. The courtesy of th e U.S. Arm y Corps of Engineers) MSM Alumnus Is published by the MSM-UMR Alumni Association, Castleman Hall, University of Missouri ­ Rolla, Rolla, MO 65401-0249. Second Class postage paid at Rolla, MO and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to MSM Alum­ nus, C as tleman H all, University of Mlssourl-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65401-0249. what it before the terr Mor senior ( Louis, througl sandba. spots 0 wason erative, US Ai mer. The summe one for time er assistar "Th, needed Straus! studies) to have flood, I summel here. ,. The becauSE in -a-lifel ing expE class in expener Seve back on a new aj Working hydrolo~ room. (, neenng Sean Ki jar horn Corps dl life in t~e The, What Un HOPkins Corps in mostly r Davinr Ol neer wh( Pursue a ing For ti UMR co-op students play pivotal role in flood-fighting efforts by Andrew Careaga

M0;> 0011", ;>od,o" koow Service, put it all together in an information what it 's like to pull an all- nighter right packet, and send it out to hundreds of before a big test. But for Lynda Kli ewer, "customers" - farm ers, local offiCials, Corps th e term has a new meaning. engin eers in th e field or at lock stations on More than once last summer Kli ewer, a the river, professors and students studying senior civil engineering major from the St. the flood , and just about anyone else who Louis suburb of Bri dgeton, Mo. , worked needed current river in formation. Hopkins through th e night to battle sand bOils , pile was in charge of faxing three-day forecasts sandbags and build weir dams along trouble to about 100 different locations daily. He spots of the swollen Mississippi River. She also dealt with a barrage of other requests . was one of nine students in UMR 's coop­ "People were calling constantly," erative engin eering program to work for the Hopkin s says. "If we couldn't answer th eir U.S. Army Corps of Engin eers last sum­ questions, or if th ey had questions about mer. th e levees or road closings, we'd transfer The Flood of '93 made th e Corps' them over to the Emergency Operations summer co-op experience a memorable Center (EOC). Or the numerous newsagen­ one for these students - and for the full ­ cies that were calling us, we'd transfer them time engineers who relied on them for up to the Media Center. " assistance in the fl ood fight. Sometimes it was difficult to transmit "Those students were great, and we data via fax or phone, so other measures needed them badly," says Claude N. had to be taken. "The (telephone) lines Strauser, CE'69, chief of potamology (river were under water in a lot of places," Hopkins studies) for the St. Louis District. "If we had says, "and a lot of our locks and dams out to have a fl ood, and I had to schedule a The levee break in Perry on the river were down to one phone line. flood, I would have schedul ed it for last We'd be trying to call them to get informa­ summer, when all th e co-op stu dents were County "was the hardest one tion from them, but it was next to impos­ here. " for me to deal with. It was like sible. The program was of mutual benefit, "So we got into the habit of contacting because the students took part in the once­ I had lost my own house, that's one lock and dam wi th short-wave radio. in-a-Iifeti meevent-a real hands-on learn­ Then they would call other locks and dams ing experience. As Kliewer puts it, "It was a what it felt like." and have them call us directly" to get infor­ class in itself. You coul dn't get any better mation about river stages or local forecasts, expenence. -Lynda Kliewer, pictured above measuring a sand boil Hopkins says. Seven of those nine co-op students are The War Room - like the EOC and the back on campus this fall , each of them with Media Center - was open 24 hours a day, a new appreciation for the ri ver and a real seven days a week during th e height of the working knowledge of the hydraulics and flooding. Like others in th e War Room, hydrology theories discussed in th e class­ Davinroy on a study of bendway weirs - Hopkin s worked 12-hour shifts, seven days room. (John Harshbarger, a civil engi­ underwater structures designed to help tows a week. neering student from Godfrey, III. , and and barges better maneuver bends on the Working on the flood wall Sean Kilian, a geological engin eering ma­ Mississippi River. Like Hopkins, Lisa Lubiewski didn 't jor from Fenton, Mo., stayed on with th e But the flood soon changed priorities stay long with her first co-op aSSignment. Corps durin g the fall semester.) for all Corps engineers and co-op students. Lubiewski , who is from Florissant, Mo. , Life in the Wa r Room When th e Corps' Readiness Branch began started out working with the district's Con­ The summer co-op season was some­ to mobilize its flood-fight units, Hopkins, a struction Division, where she was assigned what uneventful at the outset. Leonard senior civil engineering major from Barnhart, to check levees along the EastSI. Louis, III. , Hopkins, who began his stin t with the Mo. , was assigned to duty in th e "War side of th e river. In an earlier co-op stint Corps in May, th ought he would be doing Room." with th e Corps, th e senior CE major had mostly research work with Robert D. The War Room is what hydrologists in worked at Lock and Dam No. 26, where Davinroy, CE'SO, a Corps hydraulic engi ­ the S I. Lo uis District call their in formation she reviewed drawings and tested con­ neer who returned to campus this fall to center. There th ey gather river-stage data crete. pursue a master's degree in civil engin eer­ from the U.S. Geological Survey and But after a huge sand boil (it gushed ing. For th e first few weeks, Hopkins helped weather data from th e National Weather more than 200 gallons of water per minute)

(phoros on pages 4 and 5 by Dan SeJ{ert/Sronehouse Phorography) MSM AL U MN US 5 I

Kuh developed on the northern part o f St. Louis' majorn flood wall , the Corps decided more spot­ strai gh checkers were needed there. So Lubiewski Geotec crossed the river to work on the flood wall. spen t n She was assigned to a six-mile stretch o f and wri the wall near the Gateway Arch area. She spent a and a Corps engineer worked as a team to Wh( check the wall for seepage, sand boils and ers wei other structural problem s. "But th en when house. the water started getting rea l high, between assigne 45 and 49 feet, they split us up so we could cover the area more times a day," she says. ~ side of As the river rose, Lubiewski spent a lot 'I Hamso ~ of time responding to ca lls from area busi­ Rocher ness owners or employees who had spot­ ~ requisit ted sa nd boils, eruptions in soil caused ~ buildinS when water seeps underneath a levee, or j in a wh o ther structural problems. " You had no also to- o idea where they'd be; som etimes they'd be '" where 50 feet away from the wall," she says. "A ny "~ floodd tim e we saw any kind of sand boil or s "It, 0 E'" Kuhne leakage, we would have to take care of it 5: right away. " of th e Because o f all the time she spent ringing "In class, you see a formula or you hear a theory, and it's hard to lures. sand boils with sa ndbags and addressing He, other problems, Lubiewski managed to visualize how that really all comes together until you get out in exci ted inspect the entire stretch of her wall section Bac only one to two times per 12-hour shift. As the field and you actually start making measurements. Then you about s the water receded, though, the requests for start seeing how powerful and forceful the water really can be." ments help dwindled, and Lubiewski was able to pressur devote m ore time to her inspections. summe " When the river started going down, we -Chris Gottman (shown above measuring the vol umetric flow of the Mississippi near Cape Gira rdeau) all his ( never got any calls. You could cover your likE area about 10 times " in one sh ift , she says. gravity-drain structures and weak spots The levee break in Perry County "was learn ed "The river was still at record stages, but along the St. Louis District's levee systems. the hardest one for m e to deal with," she duri ng people weren 't worried because it was go­ Then she was called to go out in the field as says. " We got to know the levee commis­ mission ing down. " part of the fl ood-fighting team that worked sioners and the people there so well. We hear Ire Lubiewski's constant contact with local on federal levees in Perry County, Mo., and had gone to their houses and m et their most p business owners along the flood wall taught Kaskaskia Island, III. She worked under th e families. It was like I had lost my own success her th e importance o f communications skills. direction of geotechnical engineer M ark S. house, that's w hat it felt like. " "Aloto She also got som e hands-on experience Alvey, CE '77. Despite the losses, Kliewer gained an but you dealing with structural engineering prob­ The fie ld work began July 11 in Perry appreciation for field work. She also learned and do lems. County, where she " walked the levee" with how an engineer with a federal agency And " I never saw a sa nd boil before I got out o th er Corps employees, looking for must deal with the public during a crisis. with thE there," she says. " I never really knew what geotechnical problems - everything from " You don't go out there and point your "Am one was. So I lea rned what a sa nd boil is sa nd boils to groundhog holes - that could fin ger and tell them w hat to do," Kliewer YOU'd jl and what you need to do to ta ke ca re o f it. " weaken the structure. " It was open season says. " You have to get in there and get dirty Many a In the field on groundhogs" during the fl ood, she says. with them ." and lOCi " I saw too many sand boils ," says " You had problems every day," Kliewer Kliewer did her share of sandbagging down th Kliewer, w ho worked with the Corps' says. " We had a couple of days where we during her field work. " When I got out on thefloo( Geotechnical Branch this summer. worked around the clock just because we the sandbag line they didn't let up on m e. for each Kliewer has spent five terms with the had problems come up and we weren 't They didn't hand the sandbags to m e," she really Pl Corps. H er most recent experience included very comfortable leaving" the levee when says. They tossed them to her. Rollin' on work on two St. L ouis-area projects: the the situation wasn 't completely under con­ "T hey told me later that they were very The Vall ey Park levee and the channelization of trol. impressed. " togetou Cold Water Creek. But her field experience On Kas kaskia Island, where Alvey says Flying high did this . was limited - until last summer, th at is. th e federal levee failed due to underseepage, For Patrick Kuhne, the Flood of '93 Gatt During th e early stages of the flood, Kliewer says she felt "like being in a fi sh­ provided no t only his first fl ood experience, rivertO\' Kliewer was in th e office , reviewing data bowl. " Only in this fish bowl, the water was but also his first fl ying experi ence. °pstud( from previous fl oods and writing reports on on the outside. ihattim(

6 MSM A LUMNUS Kuhne, a senior geological engineering "Jake" Stevens, CE'64, '66, '70, profes­ entered th e Mississippi After th e flo od hit major from Florissant, Mo. , spent his fourth sor emeritus of civil engineering, and CE full force , however, he hit th e road, driving straight summer with th e Corps ' professor Jerome Westphal Both Stevens 400 miles a day along the river to take water Geotechnical Branch. Past summers were and Westphal work as consultants for th e samples at th e district's lock and dam sites. spent mostly indoors, testing soil samples Corps. Stewart and other Corps employees and writing reports. But last summer, Kuhne Gottman, S tevens and Westphal were then took their Mason jars and plastic bottles spent a lot of time in th e fi eld. on th e Corps' Motor Vessel Blankinship, a and went into the river. "We would wade When the flood began, Kuhne and oth­ 65-foot-long research boat, conductin g out as far as we could until we got good fl ow ers were sent upriver to sandbag a lock environmental impact surveys on the Ohio - which wasn 't very difficult, the way th e house. But it wasn 't long before he was River for the Corps' Louisville District. The river was goin g, " Stewart says. assigned to inspect levees on the Illinois Corps pla ns to construct a new lock and The samples were taken every day dur­ side of the ri ver. He went first to th e dam on th e Ohio near Olmsted, II I , and ing th e flood and sent to a private lab for Harrisonville district, then to Prairie du Gottman and the professors were studying testing. The results, Stewart says, will be Rocher and Columbia. There he spent the an endangered mussel species that lives in checked against various river stages to de­ requisite IS-hour days ringing sand bOils , that part of the river. termine levels of contamination at different building dams and "sandbagging every once When th e Mississippi River rose, th e times and different stages. in a while, whenever they needed us. " He M. V. Blankin ship set sail for Cape Last summer's stint with th e Corps was also took a fl ight in a Corps helicopter, Girardeau, Mo. , to measure th e discharge Stewart's first , and also "an experi ence I where he took aerial photographs of the rate of the river and a levee break near wouldn't trade for anything, " he says. flood damage. Miller City, III. The discharge rate, or fl ow "It was very humbling, very depressing "It was the first time I'd ever flown ," rate, is a measure of the speed and quantity at times," he says. "People would come up Kuhne says, "and there I was, hanging out of water moving past a certain point at a and talk to you and ask you when th e river of the side of the helicopter, taking pic­ certain tim e. was goin g to go down, and there was lard to tures. " "We would alternate days between Cape nothing you could do." He wasn't nervous, though. "Iwasmore Girardeau and Miller City," Gottman says. Rollin' on the River, Part II out in excited than anything else." "We'd go down to Miller City, and we were Most UMR co-op students at the Corps Back on th e ground, Kuhne learned actually working inside the floodplain , tak­ last summer were civil or geological engi­ en you about sand boils and piezometers - instru­ ing discharge measurements to see what neering majors. Electrical engin eering ma­ mbe. /1 ments that measure underground water percentage of th e total flow was crossing jor Shane Nieukirk of Washington, III. , pressure around a levee. He found last through the floodplain. " was an anomaly. summer's work to be the most beneficial of The boat is outfitted with a variety of like Gottman, Nieukirk, a senior, spent all his Corps experiences. hydrological equipment that allowed IeG irardea ul most of his summer on the water. He was in like Lubiewski and Kliewer, Kuhne also Gottman and th e professors to plot th e a newer boat, the M. V. Simpson. The boat's learned the art of dealing with th e public bottom of th e river and floodplain as th ey lunty '\vas "channel-sweep" technology - arms that during a crisis. "A lot of times, levee com­ travelled over it. The vessel also has a sweep out on each side of th e vessel con­ with ," she missioners and landowners don't want to conference table so the researchers could e comm is· tain transducers that take bathymetric data, hear from engineers," he says. But for the hold meetings with curious landowners. which is relayed to a computer on board ) well. We most part, Kuhne says, the Corps was "They'd see a big boat in the middle of th eir met their th at plots the depth of a body of water - successful in working with local residents. field , and they'd start to wonder how much allowed Nieukirk and his team to accu­ 5t my own "A lot of landowners cooperated with you, water is really out there," says Gottman. rately map the contours of th e levee breaks but you still had others who liked to go out Gottman, who is taking a hydrology in Perry County, Mo. , Kaskaskia Island, III. , gained an and do their own thing," he says. course this semester, believes his experi­ and Columbia, III. They also surveyed Jsoleamed And Kuhne says he always felt at home ences on th e river gave him insight that bendway weir projects along the river to ral agency with th e people he met along the river. textbooks can't offer. "In class, you see a see how they held up during the fl ood. g a crisis. "Anytime you needed some lunch, form ul a or you hear a theory, and it's hard (Weirs are underwater structures designed point your you'd just head down to the VFW hall. to visualize how that really all comes to­ to improve navigation channels around ),'. Kliewer Many of the women from the local farms geth er until you get out in th e field and you bends in th e river.) nd get dirty and local communities woulds take meals actually start making measurements," he The data collected by th e M. V. Simpson down th ere for all of us who were working says. "Then you start seein g how powerful will speed th e process of repairing levees, lndbagging the flood ," he says. "The support they had and forceful th e water reall y can be." Nieukirk says. "Usually, you have to wait got out on for each other was incredible. Everybody Getting his feet wet for the water to leave and go in th ere with up on me. really pulled together. " While Kuhne flew over th e water and a surveying crew to survey it," he says. "So tome,"she Rollin' on the River, Part I Gottman rode on the water, civil engin eer­ you are losing months, a half a year or The best way to learn about the river is ing student John Stewart literally got his whatever it takes for th e water to leave. " -J were very to get outon it. That's what Chris Gottman feet wet with th e Corps by wading into the The maps also will help Corps engineers did this summer. water. determine where th e "weak links" are along Gottman, a CE junior from th e famous Stewart, a senior from East Alton, III. , levee systems, Nieukirk says. "I thin k it 's .ood of '93 river town of Hannibal, Mo., began as a co­ worked for th e SI. Lo uis District's Water goin g to help them detect where the large zxperience. op student with th e Corps last January. At Quality secti on last summer. He began wi th continued on page 23 Ice. that tim e he was workin g with Glendon T. the aSSignment of locating where tributaries

MSM A LU M NUS 7 r - I ~ FLOOD OF '93 sayS thE voirs is "worke· Esprit de corps expect, says. Ar In the Army Corps of Engineers' St. Louis District, senior \ Louis [ us, 'Wh alums team up to fight floods and criticism asking ( thiS, wh Bui lding Befc protecti small Ie' , 'Nothing is as sim ple as it seem s. " croplan, That's how Claude N. Strauser, CE'69, authorii chief of potam ology (river studies) for the leveesir U .S. Arm y Corps of Engineers' St. L o uis as man District, could preface any attempt to ex­ basin, v plain the Flood of '93. And that principle, StilL 85 which Strauser's boss wrote prominently Mississit on Strauser 's office markerboard, was es­ commis pecially fitting this summer for the St. L o uis federall District. tained l T he S t. L o uis District was the headquar­ In th ters in the battle against the m other of all some3( floods, the Flood of '93. to the r Ohioriv 42leve, and ma sions. T

Strauser: "Levees don't cause floods. Rain causes floods. Rain and rain and more rain."

Tom Lovelace, C E'60, chief of the H ydro ­ summer. A commo n complaint is th at the logic and H ydrauliCS Branch at the St. levee systems built by the C orps do more L ouis District. " So we were forecasting the harm than good d uring floods, and critics Lovelace: "Almost everything we know about flood, fighting the flood and trying to ex­ ca ll for getting ri d o f levees in favor of the river is going to have to be questioned. " plain our projects all at the sa me time - turning much of the fl oodplain into wet­ before the river even crested .. , lands to absorb floodwater. The flood was o ne for the record books. Such debate " is no t anything new" to Such critics don 't see the big picture, Such a deluge occurs only o nce every 125 the Corps of Engineers, says L ouis J. say several U M R alums in the St. L ouis to 200 years - and when it does, it renders Chiodini Jr, CE'61 , EMgt'82, chief of District. T hey don 't consider how w ide­ much of the past knowledge of how the Programs M anagem ent and a 32-year spread the dam age would have been had Hahn: "As tl of record, WI Mississippi Ri ver behaves unreliable. Now, Corps veteran. Chiodini, who retired from the levee system not been in place, nor do feet. No one as the waters recede, Strauser and other they consider the $5 billio n in damage the St. Louis District in Novem ber, says the thiSeVent w, engineers at th e St. Louis District - home agency hears the same arguments when­ Corps engineering projects prevented. The to 70-plus UMR graduates - are trying to ever the Mississippi reaches flood stage. impact of the Corps' fl ood-control reser­ analyze and explain th e complex event that But never in the Corps' history of flood voirs is also down played - if mentio ned at cultural I captured so much public attention last sum­ control - which bega n in 1928, a year all - i n th ese critici sm s. As Paul other Ie, m er. after a flood along the lower M ississippi K ornberger, CE'64, EMgt'75, chief of the urban all agricultu The great debate claimed hundreds of lives and left 650,000 district's Structures Sectio n, says, " Som e a 25. to ~ Even before the Great Flood of '93 was homeless - have river-management prac­ o f the fine points (of flood-control) don 't One that over, the Great Debate was under way. tices been so hea vily scrutinized. com e out" in the debate over ri ver manage­ a 2perc; " Before the Miss issippi Ri ver even Some criti cs blame Corps projects - m ent. year. Ac, crested, we were involved in this debate instead of the flood - for the devastation Gary Dyhouse, C E'64, '66, EM gt'74, '93 IVas about the future of flood control," says J. that occurred throughout the Midwest this chief hydrologist for the S t. L ouis D istrict, LOUis ' _

8 MSM ALUMN US - Top Ten Theories says th e Corps' system of levees and reser­ curring in any year is only 112 percent.) voirs is getting a bad rap. The system Urban levees - primaril y at S t. Louis - for the Flood "worked better than we have a right to are designed to with stand at least a 500- The Top 10 theories for the Flood of expect, given a flood of this magnitude," he year event. '93 (first theory is from the Corps, the says. Adds David R. Busse, CE'81, '83, a The decision to buil d the levees to these other nin e are from the publi c) t, senior water control manager for the St. design specifications was made after World Louis District: "A lot of people are asking War II , says Strauser. Officials had to weigh l. A "rain machine" dumped as much as us, 'Why did th e levees fail?' What we were the costs and benefits of different levels of 3 feet of water in the upper Midwest asking ourselves here is , 'With a flood like flood control. Federal levees designed to from April to July this, why di d the great majority not fail?' " withstand a 50-year flood are appropri ate 2. "EI Nino" Building a flood-control system for agricultural areas, but higher levees Before the killer flood of 1927, flood were necessary for urban areas, which face 3. Th e eruption of Mount Pinatubo protection on th e Mississippi was limited to a much higher potential for damage. small levees built by farmers to protect their "We didn't dream th is stuff up," says 4. Sunspots cropland, says Dyhouse. Then Congress James C. Brown, CE'71 , a civil engineer authorized the Corps to build a system of responsible for dam safety and performance 5. Development in the floodplain levees in the lower Mississippi River, as well monitoring for the St. Louis District. Brown, 6. The loss of wetlands as many levees in the upper Mississippi who also was a chief Corps spokesman during the flood , adds: "We respond to basin, which incl udes the Missouri River. 7. Riverboat gambling (the wrath of God) Still, 85 percent of all levees in the upper public needs and public desires, and if the admin istration or Congress decide they want MiSSissippi basin were built by private levee 8. Navigation locks and dams commissions; the remaining 15 percent are to change flood-protection strategy ... they federal levees, built by the Corps and main­ come to us as the technical experts of the 9. Corps of Engineers flood-control tained by landowners. federal government" for advice and, ulti­ reservoirs In the St. Louis District, which extends mately, to implement the changes. some 300 miles from near Hr.lnnibal, Mo. , Aflood of record 10. Federal and non-federal levees to th e confluence of th e Mississippi and The Flood of '93 is the official flood of Source: Th e US. A rmy Corps of Engineers Ohio rivers near Cairo, lIl. , the Corps built record for the St. Louis District. Accordin g 42 levees - all of which are now owned to Dyhouse, it also is a record for the and maintain ed by local levee commis­ Missouri River from St. Joseph, Mo. , to St. sions. These levees protect primarily agri- Louis. ing effort. "As they started talking about a The Mississippi River peaked at 49.58 flood of record, we all started th in king feet on Aug. 1, at wh ich time it rushed past about 44 feet. No one reali zed what the S t. Louis at a rate of 1,080,000 cubic feet magnitude of this event would be. " per second (cis). That's enough water to fill Flood theories is that the St. Louis' Busch Stadium to th e brim in What caused the flood? ; do more about a minute and 7 seconds. (Normally, There are many theories, Lovelace lnd cri tics the ri ver flows past St. Louis at 180,000 cis notes. Among the suggestions he has heard . favor of - and during dry spells, the Mississippi 's fro m th e public: climate changes caused by into wet- flow rate can slow to about 110,000 cis.) th e 1992 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the The maximum velocity of the river at Philippines; the warming of Pacific Ocean g picture, the peak of th e flood is also impressive. At waters known as "EI Nino"; in creased com­ Sl Louis one point on Aug. 1, the river was moving mercial and residential development in oW wide­ Hahn: "As they started talking about a flood at 10.88 feet per second - or about 7.4 floodplains and th e consequent loss of flood ­ been had of record, we all started thinking about 44 miles per hour. The river's average speed is plains wetlands; th e "wrath of God," brought feet. No one realized what the magnitude of about 4 or 5 feet per second (2.7 to 3.4 about by riverboat gambling on th e Missis­ ce, nor do th is event would be. " mph), and during th e low-water months Sippi; and of course, the all-tim e favorite 1 damage the river moves at about 3 or 4 feet per among Corps' engineers: their own naviga­ mted. The cultural land and some small towns, with second (2 to 2.7 mph). tion and flood-control projects, particularly trol reser- oth er levees protecting more developed The Flood of '93 also set a new mark for levees. ntioned at river stage. The 49.58 feet surpassed the The real cause, however, was what As Pau l urban areas. The federal levees that protect agricultural la nd are designed to withstand old record of 43.3 feet, set in 1973, by Lovelace calls a "rain machine" that dumped hief of the a 25- to 50-year flood. (A 50-year flood is more than 6 feet. (Flood stage along the between l.5 feet to 3 feet of rain on th e IS, "Some one that, based on data of past floods, has Mississippi in St. Louis is 30 feet.) upper Mississippi Ri ver basin from April troJ) don 't a 2 percent chance of occurrin g in a given "A flood of record is an interesting expe­ through July. In the St. Louis District, the rmanage- year. According to Dyhouse, the Flood of rience," says Emmett W. Hahn Jr., CE'64, Mississippi River experienced a "mini-flood " '93 was "close to a 200-year event at St. chief of the St. Louis District's Readiness EMgt '74. Louis" - which means its chances of oc- Branch, which coordinates the f1ood-fight- continued 011 next page lis District, MSM ALUM NUS 9 las t spring, when it was above flood stage stage in St. L ouis, was more than 10 feet Flood facts: for 44 days. above flood stage for eight days. This year's Complicating the situation was a wetter flood was more than 10 feet above flood than normal autumn last year, says Strauser. stage for 40 consecutive days. " We set new record highs in November and T o those who see levees as a major 49.58 feet December" of 1992, he says. " T hat was contributor to the Flood of '93, Strauser our first hint that something was amiss." responds: " Levees don't cause floods. Rain The Flood of '93 peaked in 5 t. Louis The Mississippi River crested in St. Louis causes floods. Rain and rain and more at a flood stage of 49.58 feet, more than on Aug. 1. Slowly the waters receded until rain. 6 feet above th e old record of 43.3 feet, finally, on Sept. 13, the river fell to the 30- The impact of reservoirs set in 1973. Flood stage in 5t. Louis is 30 Res foot flood-stage mark for the first time in 80 One argument against levees is that feet. heavy days. th ey constrict rivers and increase their height. combir 49.58 ft. _...;5:..:.0.;.;ft;,.:. = T he flood was not offiCially over, how­ But Corps studies have shown that their turned ever. More rain fell around St. L ouis, and overall impact in raising floodwaters is ne­ Water one day later the river was well above the 43.3ft.___ _ gated by the system o f reservoirs designed land 01 30-foot flood stage. Even by late Septem­ to hold water back from the river during 40 ft ThE ber, the Missouri River was rolling again, flooding and release it during low river threatening to again flood the Chesterfield milerr( levels. coon r Valley area of St. L ouis County . In the upper Mississippi and Missouri • whentl Responding to criticism basins, there are more than 40 reservoirs Flood stage 30ft. T mentp With the worst of the flood now behind that held back plenty of water during the waters' them , engineers in the St. Louis District are flood. According to L ovelace, the Corps' Fast water. At the peak of the flood, directo' assessing the damage. Like military com­ 36 flood-control reservoirs stored more than the water was moving past 5t. Louis at Works, manders who prepare for the next war by 10 million acre-feet of flood water - enough 7.4 mile-per-hour (10.88 feet per sec­ buildin: ond). Normally, the river's speed at St. studying w hat happened during the last to cause an additional flow at St. L ouis of Eve Louis is between 2.7 and 3.4 mph (be­ one, they are reviewing projects and poli­ 150,000 cfs for 30 days. Since one foot of works I tween 4 and 5 feet per second). cies to see how to improve management of flood stage equalled between 35,000 and days la the river system. " Almost everything we 70,000 cfs, the reservoirs may have knocked lions lir B uild an ark, N oah ! In 1973, th e know about the river is going to have to be 4 or 5 feet off the flood. Mississippi River in St. Louis remained questioned," says Lovelace. So w hile the levee system may have Rai n,lai above 40 feet for 8 days. In 1993, th e Key to the flood-control debate are the raised the river's height by 2 or 3 fe et, the The river was above 40 feet for 40 days and levees. Because of the failure of many reservoirs actually had the opposite effect, an 8- t( 40 nights. agricultural levees, critics have cited this as Strauser says. " The flood system, which 8. Thel H ead for the the cause of property damage in the fl ood­ includes the reservoirs and the levees, actu­ Service m ountains? The plain. But levees are built to a level o f ally reduced the flood stage," he says. about Mississippi River's protection based on existing land use and Where from here? stage, a " flow rate" - how economic analysis. To build an agricultural The debate about flood control along Works, fast the water was levee system for an event as rare as a 200- the Mississippi is likely to continue long But wa moving past St. year flood is not economically feasible. after the flood waters recede. According to becaus, L ouis - duri ng BeSides, given the magnitude of the press reports, th e W hite House is already permar the flood 's peak was 1,080,000 cubic flood and the rarity of its occurrence, the feet per second (cfs). That'senough water looking at " nonstructural alternatives" to But levee system more than lived up to its to fill St. Louis' Busch Stadium in about repairing levees. But it is doubtful that the service 1 minute, 7 seconds. (Normally, th e river's expectations, Corps engineers say. federal government will throw the levees raising flow rate is about 180,000 cfs.) Most of th e federal levees along the out with the fl oodwater; they've simply stage 0 upper Mississippi River system are designed proven too valuable. nood st A wall of sand. The St. Louis District to handle a 50-year fl ood. And since, by Some sort of compromise undoubtedly hveen 1 distributed between 14 million and 15 L ovelace's calculations, only about 20 per­ is in order. "Som e improvem ent of certain on Satl million sandbags during the Flood of '93. cent of the federal levees failed even though levees would be worth doing," along with JUly 11. Those bags would hold enough sa nd to the 1993 flood was close to a 200-year the conversion of certain floodplain areas nood build a wall 7 feet high and 1 foot wide si occurrence, the system apparently worked into wetlands to store som e of the flooding stretching from Rolla to St. Louis. levee a! better than expected. " Even the levees that without ca usi ng damage, Dyhouse says. 'Th, did fail, failed beyond their design levels," sox: It is estimated that flood But whatever the final solution, it won 't be Was no, says L ovelace. waters carried up to 7 million tons as simple as it seems. As Strauser says, says KI, Because of the flood's duration, the of sediments downstream each nothing is. • record levees also were m ore saturated than they'd day during the flood - 50 times plant wi ever been. As Busse , the senior water con­ the average ra te. Normally, only - by Andrew Careaga baseme trol manager, points out, the 1973 flood, about 140,000 tons are car­ photos by Kathy Matthews Employ ried downstream per day. which previously held the record for river not ani Normal sediment - ...... Maines '93 flood sediment

10 S [ A LU M NUS § m 10 leet rhis year's 'ove flood E Des Moines ~ FLOOD OF '93 I , a major , Strauser )ods. Rain Water, water everywhere, except the kitchen faucet md more

es is that Reselvoirs already filled to the rim by urbs, struggled to evacuate the buildin g leirheight heavy precipitation last winter and spring, and save equipment. that their combined with four days of downpours, One hour later, Klopfer and other em­ ters is ne· turned the normally dry Des Moines (Iowa) ployees left the plant by boat and watched ; designed Water Works Treatment Plant into an is­ from a nearby river bridge as the power to ler during land on July II. the area's only water treatment plant was low river The treatment plant, which is about a cut off. Plant officials decided to kill power mile from where the Des Moines and Rac­ to the plant, which pumps an average of 40 million gallons of water a day, as the direc­ I Missouri coon rivers join forces, became flooded tor of water production stood in the control reservoirs when th e flood waters overflowed the treat­ center in knee-high water, says Klopfer luring the ment plant's levee and infiltrated the city's le Corps ' water system. For Danny J. Klopfer, CE '76, Going dry director of distribution for Des Moines Water more than "During the next few days, the entire Works, the flood meant long hours of re­ - enough d istribution system was drained, " says building the devastated water system. . Louis 01 Klopfer Plant employees practically worked Even though employees of the water ne loot 01 around the clock on Sunday to establish a works plant had restored running water 11 i,OOO and plan to restore water service by the end of Danny Klop fer puts in a plug for Des days later, it was Aug. 9 before all restric­ eknocked the week. By Sunday evening, the plan was Moines, where the city's water is running tions limiting water usage were removed. in place and cleanup under way. again afte r this summer's flood washed out With help from the U.S. Army Corps of th e water treatment plant. nay have Rain, rain go away Engineers, the National Guard and scores 3f eet, the The Raccoon River began to rise when were using water," Klopfer says. After one of contractors, plant employees started site effect, an 8- to 10-inch rain fell on Thursday, July day of trying to fill the system, the Des pumping water from the levee system and ,m , which 8. The following day, the National Weather Moines Water Works issued emergency repairing damaged equipment estimated to lees, actu· Service predicted the river would crest at proclamations prohibiting water use. about 10 feet over flood stage. (Flood cost around $14 million. Workers later fou nd the culprit - a ~ says. stage, as determined by Des Moines Water "By Friday, we had all of our treatment washed-out feeder main in a breached Works, is about 108 feet, notes Klopfer) processes up and running," says Klopfer. levee near the Des Moines River. "We trol along But water works employees didn 't worry But their good fortune nearly ran out on the isolated that, and we had the system up and inue long because the plant was surrounded by a weekend when two of three pumps - sent running by Thursday, July 22," says Klopfer cording to permanent levee. out for repairs due to flooding - failed Pitching in is already when energized. But the rain didn 't stop. The weather With the help of the Iowa Department of atives" to service continued to revise its forecasts, Emergency proclamations are issued Natural Resources and the State Hygienic ul that the raising the crest from 12 feet over flood While water works employees worked Laboratory, wh ich took water samples to the levees stage on Friday evening to 13 feet over to repair the water system, Iowa's National determine bacteria content, Des Moines ve simply flood stage on Saturday morning and be­ Guard troops handled the task of distribut­ and its surrounding suburbs had drinking tween 15 feet and 16 feet over flood stage ing bottled water to residents. water by Friday, July 30, with a few restric­ doubtedly on Saturday evening. At 1 a.m. Sunday, Employees worked to get air out of the tions. Ten days later restrictions were lifted. 01 certain July 11 , the river crested at 17.75 feet over 800-mile distribution system by qUickly Preventive medicine ~ong with flood stage, breaching the water works' assembling a plan. "This had never been To prevent the flood from devastating )Iain areas levee and flooding the building. done before in history so there was no book Iowa again, the Des Moines Water Works is e flooding "The levee system that used to be there to read," says Klopfer. taking precautionary steps. "We have raised )use says. was now a swimming pool full of water," Klopfer oversaw the filling of the system our levee 5 feet," a move that will place the Iwon't be says Klopfer Iowa's wettest summer on and its storage areas, as well as the flushing facility 3 feet above this record flood, says user says, record had flooded the water treatment and disinfection operation to ensure the Klopfer. City officials also are in th e plan­ plant with up to 12 feet of water, filling the city and its suburbs had uncontaminated ning stages of building a second water basement and covering first-floor rooms. water to use. treatment facility at a new location .• Employees of the water works, which serves But the distribution system filled slowly. not only the 250,000 residents of Des When no air came out, employees feared -by Carol Kiehl Moines but also people in surrounding sub- trouble. "We really believed that people

MSM ALUMNUS 11 FLOODOF '9J A Flair for the Practical UMR grads know how to fight floods

We"co m " to Iightieg flood,. ager with the St. Louis District. Busse worked nothing beats practical engineering experi­ with the National Weather Service to get ence coupled with creative problem-solv­ forecasting data to the people in the field. In ing. That's why UMR graduates employed relaying th e information, speed was more by the Us. Army Corps of Engineers' St. crucial than accuracy. " You don 't have time L ouis District fared well- both in the field to figure out if your answer is accurate to and in district headquarters - during the within a tenth of a foot. " Flood o f '93. Corps employees were definitely wad­ The Corps' St. Louis District " has an ing into uncharted wa- immense amount of river expertise that ters this summer. Fendler: rivals any organiza ti on in the country," says "This flood was so dif­ what ne Jam es C. Brown, CE'71 , a supervisory ferent because all other civil engineer in charge of dam safety and record floods were within alongsic performance m onitoring. "The people we a tenth of a foot of each trict can have in this district are second to none. " other," says Busse. " This technici Many of those are UMR grad uate s, who time the old record was tise- reg tend to " have an ability to keep in touch broken by 6 feet, so we sand be with reality, " says Claude N . Str ause r , were completely off the levees, : CE'69, chief of potamology (river studies) chart from where every­ engine! for the St. L ouis District. " A lotof engineers body had been before. " Geoted are theoreticians and academicians, and Busse, whoalso holds active, many of them don't know how to deal with a master's degree in civil seemed real-world situations." engineering from UMR, COf> Paul K ornber ger , CE'64, EMgt'75, and Jerry R app, CE'79, theirhar chief of the Structures Section, agrees, made the most o f the orous Pi noting: " It seems like th e engineers from opportunity and devel- Brown: The Corps' SI. Louis District "has an immense plied sar Rolla have a flair for the practical aspec ts" oped a new prototype amount of river expertise that rivals any organization in the EMgt'S2 of river engineering. for forecasting r i ver country." structior A parad igm shift crests. In mid-July, the fighting This forecast was much higher than The Flood of '93, the official flood of two engineers formulated a new approach LOuisC! forecasts being made by the traditional record for th e St. L ouis District, provided to accurately forecast when the Mississippi you dor methods. But as it turned out, Busse and plenty of hands-on real-world experience would crest in St. L ouis. pitch in The two engineers knew that the com­ Rapp's forecast was on target; the river for the Corps' Rolla graduates. That's tf puter forecasting m odels being used by the crested at 49.58 feet on Aug. 1. M ore T o m any, a fl ood of this magnitude was Strauser National Weather Service were based only important, the forecast bought precious inconceivable. Even the Corps' computer howcol time for sandbaggers who were fortifying r models had to be adjusted daily to handle on data from past floods. These models itis." river-s tage forecasts beyond the previous were programmed to reflect the river when levees at places like the River Des Peres , a tributary in South St. L ouis County. " They - In record stage at St. L ouis o f nea r 44 feet. the levees along the Missouri River were still ter lEar More than ever before in recent flood his­ intact. In reality the river was by then " run­ needed that week to get the levees higher," operatio tory, engineers had to rely on their instincts. ning from bluff to bluff. " Busse and Rapp Busse says. downtov " You have to call upon your engineer­ presented their forecast to the Corps' brass, A four-pronged approach engineer ing experience to make decisions" during who on July 24 decided to go with their The St. Louis District battled the flood cisions ir such a situation, says David R . Busse, forecast that the Mississippi River would on four fronts: deploye( CE'8 1, '83, the se nior water control m an- crest in 5t. Louis at 49-plus feet on Aug. 1. - In theJieId . Flood-fight teams worked plies, di:

12 MSM AL UM NUS staff for making "excellent decisions" and adds: "There were a lot of engineering decisions done out th ere by people who know their business." -In the "War Room. " The War Room was the nerve center of th e Hydrologic and Hydraulics Branch, where engineers gath ­ ered up-to-the-minute data about river stages, discharge measure me nts a nd weather forecasts . They used the data to make decisions on how to control water in th e reservoirs upriver, and also passed that information along to the EOC and the Media Center. During th e flood 's peak, th e hydrologists handled from 300 to 500 phone calls dail y, S trauser says. The calls came from farmers, homeowners, college stu­ dents, reporters and anyone else who wanted th e latest fl ood information. -In the Media Center. Here the battle to inform the public was waged. "It 's neces­ sary to get the proper information to th e media, especially when you 're dealin g with people's lives," says Brown, one of the technical experts who staffed the Media

Fendler. "In an emergency situation, you don 't think twice about it. You just pitch in and do Center during th e height of the flood in g. what needs to be done. " "They deserve to know what the river is doing and what the possibilities are. " alongside community offiCials, levee dis­ 15 million sandbags and hundreds of flood The Media Center staff also spent a lot trict commissioners and sandbaggers, and pumps, wrote contracts to build berms and of tim e "trying to dispel certain theories technical experts offered "on-site exper­ raise levees, and "put out fires as th ey came (about the causes of flooding) that just are tise" regarding technical problems such as up," says Jake Scanlon, CE'8 1, the not properly founded," such as reports that sand boils and seepage problems along district's natural disaster program manager exaggerated th e effect levees had on raising levees, says Mark S. Alvey, CE'77, a civil and th e No.2 man in the EOe. "We'd get the river, Brown says. (See "Top 10 theo­ engineer in the SI. Louis District's a lot of calls from people who had heard ries for the Flood of '93," page 9) Geotechnical Branch. "We took a very pro­ rumors about their levees, and we'd reas­ Ateam effort active approach with this flood, and it sure them," Scanlon says. Teamwork was the key ingredient to the seemed to work well," he adds. The EOC staff also worked with other effort 's success, says Kornberger, who Corps engineers weren't afraid to get district offices to get vehicles, pumps and points to the effort to keep the navigation their hands dirty either. "This isn 't the glam­ other supplies when the SI. Louis District orous part, but on quite a few occasions we ran oul. "I've got 125 pumps out there continued on next page piled sandbags," says Donald K. Fendler, somewhere that I' ve got to EMgt'82, a civil engineer with the Con­ get back," says Emmett W. Ie struction Division who spent the summer Hahn Jr., CE'64, chief of fighting the River Des Peres in South SI. the district's Readiness Louis County. "In an emergency situation, Branch. Hahn, who with her than you don't think twice about il. You just Scanlon worked 49 days raditional pitch in and do what needs to be done. " straight in the EOC, even­ usse and That's the beauty of Rolla graduates, says tually ordered all staff to the river Strauser. "They don't care how hot it is, leave the building for lunch, J. More how cold it is, how wet it is or how muddy "so th ey could get away preciouS it is. " from the flood for a little fortifyi ng -In the Emergency Operations Cen­ while. " ; Peres, a ter (EOC). The EOC was one of three key "It 's diff icult to describe ty. "They ,I operational centers at the Corps' office in what it 's like," Hahn says. ; higher:' downtown SI. Louis, and it was there where "It became stressful, but " engineers made the behind-the-scenes de­ there was also that looking cisions in support of the field efforts. They forward to see how we were "You don't have time to figure out if your answer is accurate to within a tenth of a foot. "-Busse (at right) the flood deployed flood-fight teams, ordered sup­ goi ng to solve the next prob­ plies, distributed between 14 million and lem." He credits the field

MSM A LUMNUS 13 lock structures north of SI. Louis dryas an example of that teamwork. "We had locks out in the middle of the Media Coverage river totally surrounded by water," with a fortification of sandbags and bulkheads I more than 9 feet above th e top of the lock wall at one of the locks, Kornberger says. "We called the place Fort Apache. It was Me like an outpost in the river. " Kornbergercites the "tremendous dedi­ pre cated effort" of Corps employees for suc­ cessfully guarding those lock structures. "We had people from all walks of life out there sandbaggin g - attorneys, engineers, clerks, students, everybody, " he says. "The (This story originally ran in the Aug. 10, hydrologic engin eering section for the corps flood-fighting effort really brought the dis­ 1993, edition of the St. Louis Post-Dis­ here; he also teaches the subject in night trict closer together. " patch. Reprinted with permission of the St. classes at Washington University and at Louis J . Chiodini Jr., CE'61 , EMgt'82, Louis Post-Dispatch, copyright 1993.) Rolla 's extension center (th e UMR Engi­ a 32-year Corps veteran who retired in neering Education Center) at the Univer­ November, agrees. "The flood proved my For the last month, Gary R. Dyhouse of sity of Missouri at 51. Louis. belief in the dedication of th e Corps em­ Oakville, Mo., has ranked among America's Early last month (in June), when the ployees," he says. "I never had any doubts most-quoted men - a status granted to corps realized that the flood would top the about the dedication. I had confidence that few hydrologic engineers. 40-foot mark at 51. Louis, everybody knew they would do it, and they did. " But Dyhouse, 51, does his hydrology that calls would soon come washing in from Busse tips his hat to the flood-fight teams for the Army Corps of Engineers, which has the press. "So rather than have a public in th e field. "The people in the field did a pressed him into service as one of its expert affairs spokesman chase down the special­ good job of making the projects work," he flood spokesman. ists," he said, "they decided to put the says. "And of course, most of them were For For four weeks, Dyhouse, CE'64, has specialists in the media center. " Rolla grads. " • spent his days answering questions from The specialists have become experts in logical just be the press - from Washington (The Post) to speaking in short, simple sentences, free of - by Andrew Careaga 'W Los Angeles (The Times) ... from Chicago jargon. They're patient in explaining the photos by Dan Seifert! on flo( (The Tribune) to Houston (The Chronicle) basics of flood control. If th ey're weary of Stone House Photography .. . from London (the British Broadcasting answering the same questions again and sedimE Corp.) to Tokyo (Kyodo, the news service). again, they hide it well. for sel CE '66, How does all the limelight feel? "It's "Each week seems to have a different . \ ---- ""'-: sar- COtJ!ri,~ N Ot$t the neat to be recognized and to be on TV," theme for the questions," Dyhouse said. J ,~ ~ e:-.. uo.- U ~ Dyhouse said last week between bouts of Mostly, said Dyhouse, "I've been trying '. Rolla. recognition and television. "But after th e to keep from putting my foot in my mouth J As first couple of times, it gets old. " and embarrassin g the corps. " nanon ' Anyway, he said, other Corps people Even so, he gets teased by his neighbors office ~ have been working long hours at tougher and his family - his wife, Diane, and his andotr jobs without getting their names in the sons, Gary and Mark. floodin paper. And he gestured to others sharing On a professional level, the flood popped fellow I telephone duty in the corps' media center Dyhouse's eyes open. years It - for example, Jim Brown, CE'71 , the "For 25 years now, I've been analyzing proved levee expert, most recently seen on NBC the potential for this kind of flood ," he said. The Nightly News. As the water rose, th e hydrologist in tal sel'\, Dyhouse himself has shared the air­ Dyhouse almost cheered for the river. "I agenciE waves with Dan Rather of CBS News, "for said, 'Wow, it's actually happening; it would gauges a couple of seconds, anyway. " That's heady be neat to see a million cubic feet a sec- minute! stuff for a soft-spoken civil engineer from and. '" Viasat e SI. Louis (Southwest High School, Class of Then, th e flood blew out the corps levee the U.S '60) who picked up a bachelor's degree at Kaskaskia Island, III., "and I did a flip ­ Sl Lou and two master's degrees from UMR. flop ," Dyhouse said. nOn to Rolla is where he developed a bent for "For two weeks now, I've been rooting OCcur s( hydrology, th e study of how water be­ for the river to go down. " • cisions haves. Now, he heads th e seven-member ated flo. Kornberger: "It seems like the engineers from Rolla have a fla ir for the practical hYdrolo aspects" of rive r engineering. In a tional 'A

14 MS M A LU M NUS '­ '­ f- f- How to Read the River dry as an C Engineers with the U.S. Geological S urvey's Water Resources Division, the die of the FLOOD OF '93 = agency responsibl e fo r collectin g a ll water r," with a resources data in the nation, read the river lulkheads by determining its now rate - how much If the lock Record Keeping water is pass ing a certain area in a certain rger says. amount of time. Flow rate, measured in le. It was cubic feet per second (cfs) , is determined Measure for Measure: USGS engineers by measuring the width, depth and vetocity lousdedi_ of th e river at a certain location. They measure th e speed with a Price s for sue­ provide river data during flood current meter, a weath er-vane type of de­ lructures. vice. A ta il stabilizes the meter device while )f life out the fl ow of the river spins cups on arms. the data by telephone whenever :ngineers, The device then translates the spin in to a ays. "The th ey needed it. The Weather Ser­ speed of feet per second. 1t the dis- vice used the information to fore­ The Mississippi and Missouri Ri vers each cast fl ood stages and water levels have five gauging stations (there are 122 EMgt'82, for th e benefit of the people li ving ga uging stations in Missouri, many of them near the flooded areas, Holmes found on tributaries of the Missouri and re tired in says. Mi ssissippi). One, on the Missouri Ri ver, is roved my USGS hydrologists now are located at Hermann. The river there nor­ orps em­ studying the flood 's impact on the mally nows at an average rate of 76,000 ly doub ts environment. Flood water inun­ cfs. On J uly 31, wh en the river peaked .enee that there, the now rate was 750,000 cfs - dated gas stations, chemical plants, nearly 10 times the normal discharge. sewage plants and other industrial ghtteams Because the swollen rivers were much sites, leaving potential public health ield did a deeper than normal - as much as 90 feet hazards in its wake. deep in some places - the extremely hi gh ~ork ," he "We assessed what was com­ water elevation made access to the river lem were For many engin eers at the U.S. Geo­ ing downstream in th e form of bacteria, gauges diff icult. "It Vias a dangerous job logical Survey, work on the Flood of '93 is pesticides and other contaminants," says because we waded in water up to our just beginning . Holmes. He estimates that flood waters shoulders in some ptaces to retrieve and . Careaga "We 'll be studyi ng and doin g reports carried up to 7 million tons of sediments raise our electronic equipme nt in the n Seifert! on fl ood inundatio n, water quali ty and downstream each day during the flo od - gauges," says Holmes. "At Cape Girardeau the fire department attached safety lin es to Itography sediment problems in th e flood plain areas 50 times the average rate. "Normally, only us in case we were swept away or acciden­ for several years," says J a m es Barks, about 140,000 tons are carried downstream tally stepped into deeper water. " CE '66, chief of hydrologic investi gatio ns at per day," he says. In St. Louis the nood water was hi gher -- -- th e USGS' Water Resources Divisio n in Holmes worked in the flood area for than some of the gauges. "The water ripped Rolla_ abo ut 45 days, gath ering field data con­ the gauge away fro m its mount near Alton, As the off icial storeho use of a ll the cern ing flow rates and sediment concentra­ 111. ," says Barks. nation 's water resources data, the USGS tion. He also conducted reconnaissance o ffi ce gathered fl ow rate measurements studies to assess the presence of contami­ and other informati o n about last summer's nated sediments along the Missouri and tographs and topograp hic maps of the flooding rivers. And while Barks and his Mississippi rivers in such Missouri commu­ fl ooded areas to state, local and federal fellow hydrologists wi ll study that data for ni ties as He rmann, St. Lo ui s , Cape I~ agencies such as the Federal Emergency years to come, much of that info rmation Girardeau and Chester. Management Agency and the Corps of proved useful in the short term Holmes and Barks credit their fe ll ow Engineers. "They will be able to utilize our The USGS hydrologists provided a vi­ USGS employees, who worked long days topographi c maps to look into the design of tal service this summer to other federal and sleepless nights, for successfully deal­ the levee system along the rivers," says agencies by maintaining and operating ing with the disaster. "Our people deserve Merl e Southern, CE'61 , chief of the cen­ gauges to coll ect river-stage data every 15 a pat o n the back," Holmes says. ter. "They may be able to come up with a minutes. That data in turn was transmitted One of those is engin eer and UMR different levee system design to help re­ via satellite to th e USGS office in Roll a and alumnus S ha ne Barks, CE'90, a servi ce duce fl ooding and preventthem from break­ th e U.S. Army Corps of Engin eers offi ce in water speciali st with th e US GS Arkansas ing, as some of them did in this flood." • St. Lo ui s_ "The Corps used our in forma­ District, and J ames Barks ' son. The younger ti on to fo recast where th e fl ood would Barks was assigned to Missouri during the -by Dick Ha tfield occur so they could make engi neering de­ flood and worked for three weeks on the cisio ns regarding th e ri ver and its associ­ Missouri River in St. Charles and on the (At top left) Shane Barks was up to his ated fl ood control structures," says US GS Mississippi River in St. Louis. wheels in flood water as he measured the hydrologist Bob Holmes, CE'88. The USGS' Mid-Contin ent Mapping overflow on the Mississippi near Chester, 19me8rS In additio n, meterologists at the Na­ Center in Roll a played a supportive role Iff. (Pho to bV Gary Alexander) ·tical tio nal Weather S ervice were able to access duri ng the disaster by providing aerial pho-

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Ema transportation standpoint, just A survey of the damage how bad was the Flood of '93? Damage to infrastructure throughout Missouri was extensive: It was $0 bad that.. -Miles of Missouri highways were bro­ - In the Kansas City area, the Missouri ken up like peanut brittle. The evening topped its previous record flood level by 4 newscast's aerial footage of the roads was feet. Interstate 635 near Kansas City lost reminiscent of th e 1990 Loma Prieta earth­ much of its top surfaces due to swift cur­ quake. rent. - In Missouri, the flow of traffic across - In Chesterfield, Mo. , near St. LOUiS, th e Missouri Ri ver trickled to a standstill. At U.S. Highway 40 was under 6 feet of water one time, only one bridge across the Big "In my 32 years with the for more than two weeks after a levee there Muddy remained open to traffic. gave way to the swirling flood waters. "When -More th an $88 million will be spent department I've never seen th e Monarch levee broke on the Missouri just to get th e Show-Me State's roads back Ri ver near Chesterfield, about 6 miles of to th e condition th ey were in before the big anything to equal this disaster U.S. Highway 40was flooded," says Connie flood hit. The magnitude of the damage Baldwin, CE'69, assistant district engin eer "In my 32 years with th e department, of operations for the St. Louis area. I've never seen anythin g to equal this disas­ is beyond comprehension. " -U.S. Highway 54 near Jefferson City ter. The magnitude of the damage is be­ looked like it had been bombed. "Just -Bob Sfreddo · " yond comprehension. " north of the city, th e highway sustain ed That's how Bob Sfreddo, CE'58 , divi­ about $3 million in damage," Jackson says. sion engineer of design for the Missouri - In southeast Missouri, engineers faced a different problem. "The southeastern area Highway and Transportation Department neer for th e department's north-central dis­ was hampered by backwater (from the (MHTD ), sums up the toll th e flood took on trict, which sustain ed about $20 million in Mississippi) as opposed to current," Missouri's highways. damage. McCullah says. From St. Joseph to St. Louis, from Missouri has received about $30 million - In northwest Missouri, about 4 ,000 Hannibal to Cape Girardeau, countless in federal money to repair roads and bridges feet of U.S. Highway 24 west of Brunswick Missouri roads and bridges fell victim to the damaged by th e flooding. That's enough was damaged. "The concrete pavement raging floodwaters of the Missouri and Mis­ money to fund six months worth of repair buckled similarly to U.S. 54 near Jefferson sissippi ri vers. The state's capitol , Jefferson work, says Jim Jackson, CE'59, division City," Fryer says. "A 2,000-foot-long sec­ City, where th e MHTD is headquartered, engin eer of maintenance and traffic. The ti on of Missouri Route 240 near Glasgow was one of the communities hardest hit by federal share, he adds, "will go much higher also was washed out and a railroad bed the flood. before we are through with all repairs. " near Route 240 was damaged." In addi­ The state's highway system had a total The flooding has definitely made more tion , the Glasgow bridge on th e Missouri excess of $ 70 million in damage, says work for th e MHTD, and that means a River south of Boonville was damaged when Sfreddo's classmate, J oe Mickes, CE'58, change in priorities. "Some programs have an upstream railroad bridge partially col­ assistant chief engin eer fo r operations for had to be put on hold for at least a year," lapsed. "The bridge received about $4 mil­ th e MHTD. "That amount will simply repair Jackson says. "But every program will even­ lion in damage when th e loose spans fro m roads and bridges to th e same conditions tually be completed." the railroad bridge crashed into it," Mickes th ey were in before the flo od," Mickes says. Damage assessment to roads that were says. The Flood of '93 sent MHTD employ­ under construction when th e flood struck - The high and swift water also closed , ees scrambling to fight the rising waters. In also must be considered. "Up to $10 mil ­ bridges throughout the state. "The Inter­ " many cases, th ey could do littl e to counter li on may be needed to repair those high­ state 70 bridge over the Missouri River near the forces of Mother Nature. ways," says Gary Chullino, CE '59, divi­ Rocheport was th e only one not closed," "It was almost like th e Missouri Ri ver sion engin eer of constructi on. J - Mickes says. "In th e St. Lo ui s area, Route ~. -~ ./ was tryin g to cuta new channel through our And preventive maintenance? "Preven­ 40 was closed, and that put extra stress on \ ...... :, area," says Ken Fryer, CE'63, district engi- tive maintenance alone will probably top ..., th e 1-70 (Blanchette) bridge, " says Baldwin . $12 million," says Freeman McCullah, ~ "About 200,000 cars used the 1-70 bridge CE'52, district engin eer for the Southeast (Left) U.S. Highway 54 looking north near every day, which is about 60,000 more District, where th e Mississippi River took a Jefferson City. The U.S. Highway 63 th an normal. " interchange bridge is in the background. (At to ll on th e infrastructure. top) Interstate 635 in Platte County. near page Kansas City. washed out by the Missouri continued on next River. MSM ALUMN US 17 "This flood has brought new dimensions to what we need I to consider in the design and construction of roads and M~ bridges in flood prone areas. " - Bob Sfreddo

Teamwork How did th e MHTD handle all th e de­ mands put on th em by th e flood? UMR alumni th ere sum it up in one word: team­ work. Mickes credits the cooperative spirit of Missouri Rou te W (Old Route 63) in Cedar City looking west. d is trict-level employees and the department's training in total quality man­ tering better ways to do th e job and with and 10 feet long are being considered for agement for th e expedience with which teaching employees to work togeth er. permanent use on Highway 54 in the repairs have been made. Jefferson City area. Fryer agrees. "Our entire staff worked An ounce of prevention? Hermar But raiSing roads and using concrete town's as a team," he says. "The TQM methods UMR alumni at the MHTD say changes barriers may be detrimental to the natural recent i helped us get through the additional in the way roads and bridges are con­ flow of the river, McCullah cautions. "If a workload. " Fryer attributes TQM with fos- structed may be necessary to forestall ex­ treme damage from future floods. road is raised, that in itself creates a levee Joh "This flood has brought new dimen­ which will impact th e flow of the river over io rnak th e flood-control area. havear -: it.:;­ sions to what we need to consider in the design and construction of roads and bridges Balancing protection and cost ordert( "'~7~ in fl ood prone areas," says 5freddo. Any road and bridge improvements are says. S According to Jackson, there are several likely to cost more than th e tax-paying the Ro. possible avenues to improving the protec­ public is willing to pay, the engineers say. Missou: ti on of roads from floodwaters. "We could "It could help avoid another disaster, but it Barte l, raise th e low lanes of Highway 63 to the could cost as much as $14 million to raise ~nce l' same level as the higher lanes. And we Highway 63 alone," says Mickes. And the tow could use concrete median barriers, which Chullino asks: "Would th e public be willing the Aoc work well to control flood water when to pay the cost?" Bart sandbags are used wi th th em. " Lowering th e risk of flooded roads must vating I Fryer agrees, adding: "We probably be balanced with economic factors. Before - a C( should look at raisi ng the road grades and committing available resources to present Gerrna bridges to reflect the flood levels. " highway improvements, "we will have to Oktobe Another opti on is to build fl ood walls to use a practicality scale to decide what is turning keep high water away fro m roads. "We best to serve the traveling public," 5freddo intoa gr used temporary concrete barriers near some says. andrno of those roads and found that th ey worked "Even in normal years we have a few grOund. as an effective levee - and better than roads that fl ood," says Baldwin, assistant Hermar sandbags, " Mickes says. He adds that two­ district engin eer for the 51. Louis area. "I plain ar ton concrete barriers that are 3 feet high think it could very well prove to be cost­ ' He: prohibitive to build all new roads because all of th, of something th at might not happen again Top: Missouri Route 240. near Glasgow Afull·tim over the Missouri River. Railroad bridge at for yeors. " The , left is Gateway West Railroad. But after th e most devastating flood in Bartel's Bottom: Th e Missouri River covering Missouri 's history, no flood-control idea is Missouri Route 29 1 near Liberty in Clay (Bartel i being disregarded. "We are going through County, Mo. something we've never been through be­ ness. L, (All photos with this article are courtesy of nearby fore, " McCulla h says, "and we are learning the Missouri Highway and Transporta tion Cercon Department.) what to do better th e next time. " • ~~th gia:

18 MSM A LUM N US "We did not have a line item in the C~ FLOOD OF '93 budget" for the flood , Bartel says, noting Hermann, Mo that the city 's fiscal year began July 1 - four days before the city flooded. In Octo­ ber, Bartel organized a special session for Mayor hopes to rebuild town better than ever city officials to determine how to pay for the city 's share of the $4.5 million to $5 million , in damage caused by the flood . Among the costs incuned: repair of a damaged trans­ "Normally, when the city is func­ former station. tioning properly, the city administra­ Bartel also worked with the city's natu­ tor handles the day-to-day activi­ ral gas supplier after a rupture in the line ties," Bartel says. But the city into the city left Hermann without that administrator now spends most of energy source. "We didn't have any gas in ~ . his time working with the Federal town for a week or so," he says. "Cold Emergency Management Agency showers are very invigorating. " and to coordinate relief efforts for the Besides working on economic develop­ 40-some Hermann residents flooded ment and basic city services, Bartel has out of their homes. "That leaves me been involved in the human side of the with all the other functional activi­ flood-relief effort. He has spent a lot of time idered for ties," Bartel says, "and I have been assisting the city's police chief, who also ;4 in the trying to pitch in and help. Fortu- serves as Hermann's emergency manage­ ment director. Hermann mavor John Bartel talks about his nately I'm in a semi-retired mode, so concrete town's recoverv from the flood during a I can afford some extra time to assist him. " "I've been giving him a lot of spiritual support, because he's really been stressed le natural recent appearance on public radio KUMR. Taking care of business out," Bartel says. "He is the person who Ions. ' If a Since the flood first hit Hermann on July John Bartel believes in using his talents has to assure the elderly and those who es a levee 5, Bartel has spent much of his time on to make the world a better place. "We all have been relocated ... that he is providing river over efforts to relocate Stevens Manufacturing have an obligation to give back to society in protection for them. He has to keep an eye Co. , a toy manufacturer that sustained order to enrich it for future generations," he on these people, and it 's hard on him heavy damage from flooding on July 8. says. So it came as no surprise that when because he knows all of them. " mentsare The company employs about 200 th e Flood of '93 inundated the picturesque ax-paying people and is one of Hermann's chief in­ Invaluable experience Missouri River town of Hermann, Mo. , Jeers say. dustries. Bartel wants to keep it that way. This is not the first disaster Bartel has Bartel, who has been mayor of Hermann ster. butit He. along with the local in dustrial develop­ dealt with. After Hurricane Camille struck since 1990, immediately took steps to get mto raise ment authority and regional, state and fed­ the Gulf Coast in 1969, Bartel led the effort the town in better shape than it was before eral agencies, is working to find financing to rebuild a glass plant he managed in kes. And the flood. and a new site for Stevens Manufacturing. Pascagoula, Miss. He credits his years in be willing Bartel, CerE'52, has big plans for reno­ "We've been working very diligently to industry - and his technical education vating this community of 2,754 residents get them relocated in another plant in town," from UMR - for preparing him to deal with Dads must - a community known for its wineries, he says. "It looks feasible. We feel they're such natural disasters. ,rs Before German heritage and Maifest and goin g to be one of the models for f1ood ­ Industrial experience is "invaluable" in 10 present Oktoberfest celebrations. The plans include damaged companies that need to be re­ such instances, he says. "A person without II have to turning the area most affected by the flood built. " strong in dustrial experience would have Ie what is into a greenbelt, complete with bicycle trail, He hopes to have the company in op­ had a very difficult time" directing a re­ " Sfreddo and moving businesses from there to higher eration by early spring. And he plans to building effort. ground. He also is working to move one of have them in a better building than the People with technical expertise should ave a few Hermann's main industries out of the flood­ antiquated factory they were in before the take the lead in such efforts, Bartel be­ assistant plain and into a more modern building. flood occurred. lieves. "There is a necessity for people who :s area. "1 "Hermann's going to be better off when In addition, Bartel has been working are qualified to give back to society," he J be cost­ all of this is over," says Bartel. with local developers to move businesses says. "We who have had th e opportunity to s because A full-time mayor out of the area hit hardest by the flood. "We receive a strong technical education usually pen again The city's worst crisis in years has turned are trying to get them relocated into a apply that knowledge only to a very spe­ Bartel's mayoral duties into a full-time job. potential mall development site" located ci fi c, specialized area. But we should be Ig flood in (Bartel is semi-retired after selling his busi­ on higher ground in the city;:'-he says. using our technical abilities in a broader ~ol idea is ness, Laclede-Cristy Clay Products Co. in way. " • Moral support Ig through nearby Owensville, Mo. , and now runs - by Andrew Careaga The flood has put a strain on the city's rough be­ Cercon Inc., a consulting firm that works resources - human as well as financial. 'e learning with glass-blowers and other glass artists.) , . MSM ALUMNU S 19 rf-

f- FLOOD OF '93 Mapping the disaster Computerized mapping leads state agency in cleanup efforts

Mar, Thanks to computers and UMR alumni dots denoting hazardous waste sites, regis­ The division plotted Missouri 's under­ informc at th e Missouri Department of Natural Re­ tered water wells and underground storage ground pipeli nes, hazardous waste sites, (1 ) estc sources' Division of Geology and Land tanks across Missouri. "It was a massive job registered publi c and private water wells, Survey (DGLS), state and federal agencies to get all of the information in and ready for road networks, railroads, waste water la­ GIS for in volved in th e Flood of '93 had quick use for resolving problems related to th e goons, water treatment plants and under­ probinS access to maps showing fl ood damage to flo od. " ground storage tanks-in forma ti on vital to faciliti~ the state. Because access to tim ely information the state's cleanup efforts. In doing so, the plain ar The DGLS, which normally charts maps was important for state agencies and f1ood­ office has worked closely with another divi­ in the[ for the needs of various state agencies, is relief workers during last summer's flood , sion within DNR - th e Division of Environ­ analyze using a geographic information system (G IS) Missouri 's top priority of education was put mental Quality (DEQ). Maps and data have useful iI that not only plots maps that show th e on hold. "The governor made th e flood th e been provided to the U.S. Environmental Worki ng river's course, but also shows hidden haz­ state 's No.1 priority, so in turn our depart­ Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Witt ards, such as waste sites and underground ment director made it our No. 1 priority," En gineers, public health departments , the designe storage tanks, that may li e in the river's says Marcus, the GIS unit manager. "Ev­ Federal Emergency Management Agency sholVin! path. The system also allows geologists to erybody realized this was a major disaster and th e State Emergency Management also \VI' query in formation about those hazards. and many people were suffering. " Agency. mation "What's nice about the GIS is you not Many state agencies need to know who To the last detail agency only have a graphical screen, but you also and what has been affected by the flood , The maps come in all shapes and sizes v.~thin t have a data base," says Michael Marcus, says Hoffman. "Most fa cilities we plotted - from those the size of a sheet of typing BeCi AE '83. The G IS system can display any are under a permit and they have certain paper to maps as big as the tabletop of a mation , characteristic about the facilities or sites compliance rules. An aspect of the cleanup four-person card table, from simple maps for the ( that are recorded in various data bases. process will be to bring sites back into to detailed ones. A map plotted for the it would "For example, I can pull up information compliance," he says. DEQ showed 7,000 to 8,000 facilities and 'You IV about a water treatment plant, such as its Everybody had a need for geographic required 24 in dividual maps, drawn on a 1- plOjecl capacity and how much water it can purify information during the flo od, adds Hoffma n, to-100,000 scale, to show th e entire state. the ne( in a day - information that is useful if a who coordinated the mapping process. To produce flood assessment maps, the Marcus: neighboring plant is under water, out of "They needed to know where th e flo oding geologists focused on areas affected by th e combin, service or lookin g for an altern ate water occurred and what facilities were flooded. three main rivers causing the flooding: th e reason source, " says Marcus. But one of the biggest uses that I anticipate Missouri, Mississippi and Grand rivers. Hoffma, "This is a very powerful way of looking for GIS is in th e cleanup process." "In the flo od plain we mapped those Will be h up data in your file and organizin g it rather At the touch of a button areas that were likely to be flooded, not age cau than sitti ng down and doing it manually," The GIS is a powerful tool, says Hoffman. necessarily what was flooded," says Marcus. futUre fl says Dave Hoffman, CE'65, '67, a geolo­ Although it "doesn't do everything, it helps "Because we didn 't know where the levees 'Thi: gist at th e division, which is located in Rolla. manage and analyze a lot of data in working would hold or where they would fail , we forplanl "All th is data was put in within fo ur with the floo d, during the fl ood, th e clean mapped everything, assuming the levees sions ra' weeks," he adds, pointing to a computer up and the pl anning afterwards," he says. failed ." says Ho screen speckled with green, red and yell ow Because of th e demand for up-to-date tions su< information, UM R a lumni Mark the leve. Middendorf, GGph'74; Cheryl S eeger, in this!1 "I can pull up information about a water treatment plant, such as Geo1'80, GGph'87; James A. Martin, these fa MSGGph '56; Eva Kisvarsanyi, GGph '58, hopes t. its capacity and how much water it can purify in a day­ '60; and J eff J a quess, MSGGph'89, also meeting assisted wi th plotting maps. Helping to ' We information that is useful if a neighboring plant is under water, digitize th e maps were DGLS student in ­ ShOWing terns and UMR geology and geophysics out of service or looking for an alternate water source" Were aff, majors Michael Gawedzinski and David - Michael Marcus Erickson.

20 MSM AL UM NUS Ham radio operator helps keep lines of communication open for rescue efforts i's under­ Marcus and Hoffman hope to use all the Joseph V. LaGreek Jr. , CSci'75, de­ lste sites, information they gathered this summer to: cided about a year and a half ago to Iter wells, (1) establish a long-term commitment to volunteer with the St. Charles (Mo.) County water la­ GIS for the department to use in answering Emergency Management Agency. "Being ld under­ probing questions such as whether certain an amateur radio operator, I wanted to on vital to facilities should be moved out of the flood help with emergency communications," ng so, the plain and whether regulations for facilities says LaG reek, who is a systems engineer ltherdivi­ in the flood plains be expanded, and (2) for Amdahl Corp. , a computer manufac­ fEnviron ­ analyze information which might prove turer based in nearby Clayton, Mo. But he data have useful in future planning. soon became involved in other aspects of onmental Working fast emergency management - including com­ /Corpsof Within four hours, DNR geologists had puter support, radio repair, county warn­ nents, the designed a map, requested by the EPA, ing systems and the agency's mobile com­ "There was no way I could fill It Agency showing areas affected by the flood. They mand post. He held a variety of positions lagement also wrote a program that extracted infor­ during the Flood of '93. all the orders. After a quick mation from the computer enabling the agency to send letters to the flooded areas meeting with the director, I A major part of my time was spent as a and sizes within the same day. communications officer in charge of the began the task of deciding of typing Because of the need for accurate infor­ radio room at the Emergency Operations letop of a mation quickly, the geologists were grateful who would receive [sand] bags Center. Due to unreliable telephone ser­ Iple maps for the GIS. "If you had to do that by hand vice in the flood area and the need to d for the it would have taken weeks," says Hoffman. and who would not. " "You wouldn't have even considered the maintain communication with the boats ilities and and other operations, we used public safety ,Vnona 1- project. But with this we 're able to extract radio. But the majority of our traffic was I needed to clear my head a little, and I ltire state. the needed information qUickly. " Says handled by amateur radio. Over 300 heard a request for an evacuation come in. maps, the Marcus: "We can make maps with any combination of information for whatever "hams" from the area assisted St. Charles An apartment complex's access road was ted by the reason the user needs almost instantly. " County during the flood. flooding, and several residents - including lding: the Hoffman and Marcus believe the system The best and worst night of the flood for an infant on oxygen - had to get out. I rivers. will be helpful in future studies of the dam­ me was July 30. I was communications contacted the National Guard to have a led those age caused by the flood and in making officer that Friday night. The rivers were large truck ready so that I and another EMA )ded, not future flood planning recommendations. about to crest, and over 33 percent of the volunteer could lead the evacuees out of ISMarcuS . "This is a very valuable, powerful tool county was already flooded. the area. the levees for planning and coming to factual conclu­ There were only about 60 people mak­ The water on the road was 2.5 fe et Id fail, we sions rather than emotional conclusions, " ing sandbags, and three National Guard deep. We loaded the residents onto the he levees says Hoffman. GIS can help answer ques­ trucks making deliveries. As communica­ truck and took them to a shelter. Assisting tions such as, "Where do we need to place tions officer, I was in charge of dispatching the flood victims directly made me realize Ip-to-date the levees in the future, can we have people these trucks. that the difficult decisions I made earlier i Mark in this particular area and should we have I had about 40 orders for sandbags. that evening were necessary. I Seeger, these facilities here?" says Marcus, who There was no way I could fill all the orders. The St. Charles EMA delivered more Martin, hopes to coordinate a flood assessment After a quick meeting with the director, I than 2 million sandbags, and over 10,000 3Gph·S8. meeting. began the task of deciding who would people helped with sandbagging, telephone h'89, also "We hope to produce a series of maps receive bags and who would not. After five support, logistics and other duties. We had lelping to showing all the facilities in the state that hours of the toughest decisions I have ever no fatalities and no serious injuries in the tudent in­ were affected by the flood. " • had to make, I was relieved by the third shift county. I'm glad I was able to help; I felt that eophy;iCS in the Emergency Operation Center's Ra­ I did make a difference in St. Charles nd David -by Carol Kiehl dio Room. County.

MSM ALUMNUS 21 Flood Lingo* (' or how to talk like a potamologistl Forecasting a flood -- Like euery engineering discipline, riuer engi­ I neering has its own language. Here are a few of the terms you'll run across in the stories in NWS models warned of historical flood Sal this issue.

Bathymetric data - Data that has been collected us­ Warnings that the Midwest had " above­ its severity and long duration - make the Uk, ing underwater measuring instruments, such average flood potential" were already Flood of '93 unique. tions, I as sounding apparatuses. sounding atthe National Weather Service's Making a mountain time d Berm - A horizontal strip or shelf built into an em­ North Central River Forecast Center in To monitor the Mississippi River, Young prepar bankment to break the continuity of an oth­ Minneapolis last March. says, hydrologists relied on the results of a But erwise long slope, usually to reduce erosion By April, flooding had started on the or increase the thickness or width of an computerized river forecasting model that some ( upper Mississippi River. Combine these embankment's cross-section. plots hydrographs - a graph of river stages muscle April showers with excessive amounts of Bri dge scour - The erosive action of running water versus time at a river station. Its shape summl rainfall during the summer months, and it's in streams or rivers around bridge piers that resembles the side of a mountain. Depend­ who S[ results in the excavation and carrying away no wonder the Flood of '93 is being called ing upon the type of flood, the crest will be the Mi, of materials from the bed. the worst to hit the Midwest this century. either sharp or flat. "The hydrographs in with th Bulkhead - A vertical or nearly vertical retaining "The magnitude of the 1993 flood is this case are flat and broad crested because interva wall or structure supporting a natural or arti­ historical," says A lwin C. H . Young, the rains kept coming and the flows contin­ spent il ficial strea mbank, erected to arrest wave ac­ MSCE'62, a hydrologist at the Minnesota ued accumulating, causing a long duration "In tion or control erosion. center who worked with other hydrologists of high water in the river system, " says Dike - A structure extending from a bank into a workin to bring timely and accurate flood forecasts Young. H e adds that flash floods in con­ channel, designed to reduce the stream ve­ a leveE to the upper Mississippi River valley. locity as the current passes through the dike, trast, have a sharp crest or peak on their Brown II The flood increased the workload at the thus encouraging sediment deposition along hydrograph plot. ers wh center, forcing the weather service to bring the bank (permeable dike); or deflect erosive Because hydrologists can't do simula­ summE in 14 additional hydrologists from other currents from the stream bank (impermeable tion and make adjustments without the bags. 1 NW5 offices. The NW5, which normally dike). observed information, they rely on rainfall mer. Di sc harge - The volume of water passing through monitors weather and hydrologic condi­ and stage reports from observers and auto­ Sail a given place in a channel during a given tions, devoted approximately 4,000 hours mated data collection systems linked time, usually measured in cubic feet per sec­ Schwe of overtime - nearly two straight years of through satellites. This information in turn ond. Miner I 40-hour work weeks - to predicting is used by hydrologists in hydrological Flood of record - T he largest flood that has occurred that I w eather patterns and river stages for the models to simulate the flood flows or the since measurement records of flood flows Flood of '93. around have been taken. The Flood of '93, for in­ volume of water moving past a river gauge. weight stan ce , was a flood of record for the Missouri The work begins Data reported from a tributary is used to the hig} River from Kansas City to SI. Louis, and for The center is responsible for forecasting simulate the outflow from that basin. Next, affecte( the upper half of the Mississippi River and it is passed on to its downstream basin. To many sections of the Mississippi River. The Floodplain - Level land that may be submerged by ensure accurate accounting, " we estimate its tributaries from the origin in Minnesota BrOWn( floodwaters. to Chester, III. This area covers most of from one point to the next point how the pared f Flood stage - The elevation of the water surface Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Mis­ flow is accumulating and the time it takes to created relative to a datum during a flood. If the souri and the northwest corner of Indiana. travel," says Young. lowest point of a channel section is taken as nently I Ii The hydrologists at the center paid a great the datum, then the stage and depth of flow Just like a tree estathll deal of attention to the Mississippi River are the same. Young compares the Mississippi River recollec II near and above 5t. Louis because it was Flood wa ll - A wa ll built to prevent inundation by to a tree: both have trunks with many them a high water. labeled a " high-stress reach " due to the different branches leading to the base. levee - An embankment, generall y landward of a record flooding. But they also kept an eye "The main trunk of the river starts in stream 's top bank, that confines flow during on the flooding of the Minnesota , Illinois -w northern M innesota and its branches or Hannib, high-water periods to prevent overflow into and Des Moines Rivers and the inflow from tributaries continue to add water to the ured to lowlands. the Missouri River, adds Young. system as it flows southward toward the Pi ezo meter - An instrument for measuring the tion Wo To predict the stages along the Missis­ Gulf of M exico," says Young. change of pressure head in a material sub­ wha t hE sippi River, NW5 had to overcome a few During the summer months it looked as jected to hydrostatic pressure (pressure of obstacles - such as technology limitations, "Mai water at res t) . if there was no end in sight to the rains. The a lack of data that resulted from river gauges got rain Potamology - The study of rivers. showers continued to increase the flow in being washed away or overtopped by the about hi Sand boil - A spring or geyser in a leveed area that the main stem of the M ississippi river. The flooding. of sandi results from floodwater pressure around the third and highest crest on the river came on care 01 r outlet; ca used by unbalanced hydrostatic Young and other NCRFC hydrologists Aug. 1 when it crested at 49.58 fe et at 5t. had a 10 pressure. say several factors - the area of land Louis where flood stage was 30 leet and the sawalol Stage - Water surface elevation of a strea m with flooded, th e unusual timing of the fl ood old record, set on April 28, 1973, was 43.2 respect to a reference elevation. (most m ajor fl oods come in the spring) , and feet. • butthert Weir - A structure in a stream or river designed to it held u - by Carol Kiehl raise th e water level or divert its fl ow. Miner Football players help out d Sandbagging replaces weightlifting for team members make the like their counterparts at o ther institu­ Altho ugh his family li ves fi ve miles away o 'clock, so then you would go down and tions, UMR football players usua ll y spend from the Mississippi and thus was away sandbag until 1 or 2 in the morning," time during the summer working out in from the waters, he knew people in the Schwent said. ~r , Young preparation for the upcoming season. affected areas. like Browne ll , Schwent had a first-hand 'Suits of a But the Great Flood of '93 changed "The levees broke everywhere around view of what the floodwaters could do. odel that some of those plans. Instead of building Hannibal except in the city," Brownell said. "On North Main Street, it was a t the tops Jerstages muscle , several UMR players spent last "Everybody was affected no matter where of some houses," he said. "You could just Its shape summer building sandbag levees. For those you lived. " see the roofs of those places. At the pla nt Depend­ who spent their summers in towns along where I was working, they send all of their ~t \V ilibe the Missouri or Mississippi River, dealing - In his hometown of J efferson City, materials out o n ra il cars and the whole rail Jfaphs in with the overflowing waters occupied a n wide receiver Chris Dawson had a memo­ line was shut down because of the flood, so I because interval that otherwise would have been rable internship exp erience. He was work­ tha t had to be detoured. It slowed things Jscontin­ spent in the gym. in g with Union Electric Co. and found down a little bit. duration "In my free time, instead of maybe himself out in the flood waters a couple of "But they built the main levees to hold m," says working o ut, I was sandbagging or was on times to keep areas functioning or to pre­ out most of the water," Schwent added. s in con­ a levee putting a tarp down," says Chris vent a major difficulty. "The sewers would back up in most o f the an their Brownell, a junior lin ebacker for the Min­ One instance actually had Dawson and places near the levees, and I had a couple ers who was in Hannibal, Mo. , over the his work crew out in the swollen river. of a unts and uncles who had their base­ ) simula­ summer. "I got m y workout lifting sand­ "There were two gas mains that run ments flooded from that (Schwent's family hout the bags. That took up a majority of the sum­ under the river from J efferson City to the lives abo ut 10 miles from the river). " ,n rainfall mer. north side of the river (Cedar City or North Because of Ste. Genevieve's historical lnd auto­ Said Ste. Genevieve, Mo. , native Matt Jefferson City as itis called today)," Dawson significa nce - it is the first permanent s linked Schwent, who teams with Browne ll on the said. "T he river was running so fast that it settlement west of the Mississippi Ri ver - ,n in turn Miner lin ebacker unit: "There were times washed all of the sand a nd earth up from the town drew its share of media attentio n. lrological that I couldn't get to the weight room around the piping, a nd it actually tore the And yes, Schwent noted, it was hard to vs or the around my summer job, but they had the pipes out. So we had to go out to the miss the media. zrgauge. weight room closed so a ll of the a thletes at substatio n to check the pressure and they "It was pretty amazing," he said. "It was ; used to the high school coul d go sandbag. It kind o f decided that since we were losing so much funny seeing where some of them were ;in. Next, affected my weightlifting." gas out to the river, they would try to turn from. You would see CNN [Cable News )asin. To The flood not only affected the way the pressure down. We e nded up having to Network] over there and you 'd think, 'My estimate Brownell, Schwe nt a nd other athletes pre­ turn the gas off to North Jefferson City." God, what are they doing in this little town? ' how the pared for the 1993-94 athle ti c season; it "We were sandbaggin g one station be­ It was a mazin g to see. " • .t takes to created memories that will be as perma­ cause the water was coming up so high that -by J o hn Kean ne ntly etched in their minds as their great­ the shutoff valves might have gotte n est athletic feats. Fo ll owing are some of the flooded," he said. "We had to sandbag recollections of how Mother Nature gave around that to protect it so that if we wanted )pi River Life on the Mississippi, cont. from page 7 them a summer they will never forget. to shut it off we woul d be able to. th many "Sandbagging - that's some hard work. base. -Wh en Brow n e ll went h o m e to We did it for about two ho urs a nd I was flow occurred, and maybe they can redirect starts in Hannibal after final exams in May, he fig­ through. I just couldn't see how people it somehow so it won't hi t the levee at that nches or ured to spend his summer doing construc­ could do it for eight, 10 , or 12 hours at a certain angle. " lr to the tion work. Construction of levees wasn 't time. That is hard work. " From July 5 to Aug. 5 , Nieukirk spent .vard the what he had in mind. 80 hours a week on the river. "I learned "Mainly due to the rains and fl ooding, I - Maybe it is the matter o f saving some­ quite a bit a bout th e river," he says. "People as ooked got rained out of my job a lot," he said thing precious that kept th e sandbaggers ki d me that I am probably the o nly EE with ains. The about his constuction job. "So I just did a lot o ut there for so long. Ask Schwent, who river experience. e floW in of sandbagging. The National Guard took spent many days during the summer work­ "But the way Ilook at it is like this - and ivef The care o f most of it a nd the Kitchen Seed Co. ing to keep the Mississippi out of historic this is what I'm going to tell my job inter­ ca me on had a lot of their employees involved. We Ste. Genevieve, a battle the sandbaggers viewers: I may not have gotten EE experi­ eel al SI. saw a lot o f homes taken over by the flood, essentially won. ence but I did get work environment expe­ 'tand the but there is a big flood wall in Hannibal and "I had a 40-hour-a-week job and every rience," Nieukirk says. "I know how to ;vas432 it held up well. " o nce in a while , you would get done at 11 function in a work environment. " •

Ifol Kiehl MSM A LU MN US 23 FACULTY PROFILE

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Ycould say UMR ' s Joseph Minor is a real stormtrooper. how to do it. How strong should shutters be and how do you "I think you can safely say that I've been chasing storms most regulate and enforce codes?" of my adult life," says Minor, a UMR professor of civil engineering. The codes in Broward, Dade and Palm Beach counties will He helped develop a new set of building codes for Darwin, require storm shutters or impact-reSistant glass for windows to be Australia, after a killer cyclone struck that city in 1974. He helped install ed in homes and other structures. They also will require Houston authorities strengthen that city's building codes in the homes to be designed to withstand hurricane-force winds of 120- wake of Hurricane Alicia in 1983. He assisted Clemson University miles per hour, Minor says. researchers assess the damage of Hurricane Hugo, which hit South Actually, th e codes in place when Andrew struck required Carolina in 1989. And after Hurricane Andrew struck Miami, Fla., bUildings to be designed to withstand a 120-mph storm, Minor in August 1992, Minor went in to help local governments in says. But apparently, they weren 't. communities stricken by th e storm find ways to keep it from "If everything had been designed and constructed for 120- happening again. mile-per-hour winds, then everything that happened during Hur­ Now, Minor has taken a one-year leave of absence from UMR , ri cane Andrew wouldn't have happened. The structures would where he was chairman of the civil engineering department from have done better. " 1988 until Au gust 1993, to work on building codes in Florida's So either th e building code failed or code enforcement wasn't Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. He also is advising the what it should have been, Minor says. Either way, "we should not insurance industry, which is planning to require stricter bUilding have had $18 billion worth of insured damage. " codes in hurricane-prone communities. In addition to working with building codes organizations in Insurance companies, Minor says , plan to "rethink insurance­ Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Minor is working with writin g in hurricane-prone areas from Texas to New York. " the Southern Building Code Congress International Inc. , an "In 1989, Hurricane Hugo caused $3 billion in damage. The organization th at develops model codes for communities in th e in surance companies said 'Ouch,' but th ey were able to handle south, and th e National Committee on Property Insurance, an th ose claims," Minor says. "But when Andrew came along and association of insurance companies th at is planning to rate com­ caused $18 billion in claims, they said, 'It 's tim e to do something munities ' bUilding codes in hurricane-prone areas of Florida and different. '" Texas in 1994. Those ratings will be based on how well building So insurance companies will soon require new building code codes guard against damage to buildings, Minor says. standards for hurricane-prone areas. And Minor, while helping th e Minor also warns that "we're ending a 3D-year cycle in wh ich insurance in dustry, also is helpin g some of those communiti es there were fewer hurricanes and maybe enterin g a 3D-year cycle prepare to meet the more rigid standards coming down th e pike. with more hurricanes." • "The most urgent concern deals with protectin g bUildings in Editor's note: In Minor's absence, Richard W. Stephenson, a hurricanes from wind borne debris," Minor says. "That means that UMR professor of ciuil engineering, has been named interim homes and oth er structures shoul d be constructed to be win d­ chairm an of the ciuil engin eerin g department. resistant. "In hurricanes, th ere are high winds th at persist for hours, " he adds. "Buildings are failin g and blowing apart, garbage cans and barbecue grills are flying around, roofs are flying off .. . and all of "If everything had been deslf]ned and this debris is hammerin g on windows. "Everybody agrees we've got to deal with windborne debris, but we don't all agree exactl y constructed for 12D-mile-per-hour winds, then everything that happened during Hurricane

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When you give to the MSM-UMR Alumni Association your contribution helps support: • Scholarships MSM Alumnus magazine • Educational Assistants & Student Loan Fund • Homecoming, Commencement & Class Reunions • Local Section Meeting Mailings ALUMNI ASSOCIATION • Alumni A wards • Faculty and Staff Awards Make your 1993 Alumni • Athletic Programs • Music Program Association Annual Fund • Library • Newsletters contribution today! • Alumni Records • Alumni Directory • Special Projects Clockwise/rolll top, opposite page: "Gal ill Gal il l Gal il!­ three catches from the egg cata­ pul t contest durin g the Student Uni on Board Homecoming games; Joe Miner takes a spin in the Orbitron. prov ided by SU B at the football game; fans at the Miner footba ll game celebrate yet another touchdown as th e Miners beat Southwest Bapti st Uni versity 44-8; goin g fo r a slide in the Lei Belly Flop; sing­ ... ers at the best jingle contest; · Homecoming Queen Rakiyah Mason of St. Loui s. a senior in mec hanica l engineeri ng, was chosen UMR's 1993 Homecom- ing Queen. Mason was nominated by lhe Associati on of Black Students. Clockwise/rolll lOp, [his page: Bob Wolf, ME'S I. shares a laugh with Bob Gevecker. CE'48: J. Ri chard "Di ck" Hunt, MGeo'50 and Ray Throgmort on. MinE'3 1; Dan Kennedy CE'26 and Ann Kennedy, with Nikki Huffman in the background; Charlene and Maurice Topel, '53; Donald Guilfoy, ME'48. demonstrates a pose we last saw him do in the 1948 Ro//all/o: Janet Barcl ay(wife of Arthur " Hu gh" Barclay, MinE ' 37) and Violet Appleyard (wife of Frank Appl eyard, MinE'37) share

MSM A LUMNUS 27 THE ALUMNI MERIT AWARD H Homecoming Awards Presen.ted to faculty, friends an.d alulllni for achievement ar service to Prese th e campus or the MSM-UMR Alumni Association, was awarded to: AsSOCI presented Dr. Robert L. Oavis, Rolla , Mo . Dean of th e UMR School of Engineerin g since 1979 Came to UMR in 1965 as an ass istant professor in Twenty alumni, fac ulty, staff and fri ends were honored during the engin eering hyd rauli cs MSM-UMR Alumni Association's Awards Banquet held Saturday, During hi s tenure as dean. the School of Engineering has Oct. 2, at UMR. The awards banquet was held in conjunction with establi shed a co mputer- aid ed engineering program , th e UMR's Homecomin g Weekend celebrati on. Freshman Engin eerin g Program, rh e nati on 's first Ph .D. program in eng ineerin g management and three new interdi sciplinary research centers Has received three UMR Outstanding TeaC hin g Awards THE ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Presellfed in recognition of achievements by alumn.i in academia, David B. Price Jr., Creve Coeur, Mo. • V ice presid ent and general manager of Monsanto Co. 's business, professions or civic endeavors, was awarded to: Chemical Group Perform ance Products Di vision in St. Gerald W. Berset!, Flori ssa nt, Mo. Louis Prese, Joined the Olin Corp. in 1965 and became president of the • CE' 68 ercel/. Winchester Di vision in 1988 • Has worked for Mon santo fo r 2 1 years Jeedbl. MetE'65 • Serves on the board of directors of th e Syntheti c Organic Award ed an honorary UMR profess ional degree in 1982 Chemi cal Manufacturers Association Inc., th e Soap and Six-year member of the MSM-UMR Alumni Associa­ Dete rgent Assocation, The Boatmen's National Bank of ti on's board of directors St. Lou is, Young Men 's Chri stian Association of Greater St. Louis

Dr. Leonard F. Koederitz, Roll a, Mo. Joined UMR in 1975 as a professor of petro leu 111 engineer­ Dr. Richart E. Slusher, Lebanon, N.J. ing and cli lTenrl y heads UMR 's petrol eum engin eerin g • Head of th e Optical Ph ysics Research Department at disc ipline AT&T Bell Laboratories in Munay Hill , N. J. ChE '68. MSPetE'69, PhDPetE'70 • Ph ys '60 Was in management at A tlalllic Ritchfield Co. • Joined AT&T Bell Labs in 1965 where he has conducted Named a Di stin gu ished Teachin g Professor in 1992 research in opti ca l ph ys ics , includ ing li ght scalterin g in semi co nduclOfs Current research int eres ts in clude quantum opti cs, John A. Mathes, St. Louis, Mo. squ eezed light. non-linear se mi conductor waveguides Retired chi ef executive offi cer of John Mathes anel Asso­ and mi crolasers ciates Inc. He staned the firm in 1975. CE'67. MSCE'68 Al Awarded an honorary professional degree from UMR in Theodore R. Warren, Dallas, Te xas 199 1 • Joined th e Grace Drilling Co. Inc. in 1990 and currently Presen Has leel vo lun teer effort s for the UMR civil engin eeri.ng se rves as pres ident and tht departm ent's Projec t 2000 developm ent ca mpaign • PetE'68 • Joined th e FWA Drilling Co. in 198 1 and later became president Roy A. Wilken s, Tul sa, Okla. • Joined th e TXO Product ion Corp . in 1988 Pres ident and chief execut ive officer of Wi lTel Became pre sident of th e Intern at ional As sociati on of EE'66 Drilling Co nrrac(ors in 1988 and is also a member of th e Awarded an honorary professional degree from UMR in Society of Petroleum En gineers 199 1 In 1977 joined Willi ams Pipe Line Co.; became president in 1983 Founded WilTel in 1985 as an operat ing uni t of Willi ams Pipe Li ne Member of UMX 's Academy of Electrica l Engineerin g Lcd th e MSM- UMR Alumni Association's Tul sa Secti on James R. Paul , Houston, Texas from 1986 to 199 1 An independ ent consult ant to th e petro leum industry PetE'43 Was a co mmi ss ioned offi cer wi th the Navy during World War 11 Retired from Dow Chemi cal Co. , where he was a di strict manager fo r (he Dobell Di vision and a techni ca l manager fo r Dow Chemi cal in Europe Pas t pres ident of th e MSM -UMR Alumni Associati on's FRANK H. MACKAMAN ALUMNI VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD Houston Secti on and class coordinator for th e class of 1943.

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HONORARY LIFE M EMBERSHIP O UTSTANDING STUDENT ADVISER AWARD ~n l ice to fed to: PreselLled in appreciation of service to th e carnpus and the Alurnni Presented in recognition of service by alumni to the university and the Association, was awarded to: MSM-UMR Alulllni Association, was awarded 10: e 1979 Donald G. Brackhahn, Rolla , Mo. Dr. Wayne C. Cogell, Rolla , Mo . )fessor in Executi ve vice pres ident of Lh e MSM-UMR Alumni Associate dean of th e UMR Coll egeof Arts and Sciences Association and executi ve director of A lulllni and Con­ and chairman of th e philosoph y and li beral arts depart­ ~e r inghas stituent Relati ons at UMR ment 'gram, the Became executive director of A lumni and Constituent Began teaching philosophy at UM R in 1967 imPh.D. Relati ons at UMR in 1985 Was promoted to associate dean of the College of Art s hree new A ppointed execlltive vice president ofrhe alumni associ­ and Sciences and director of the general honors program ation in 1992 in 1980 gAwards In 1990 recei ved th e Uni ve rsity of Missouri Presidenti al Appoi nt ed professor of philosophy and director of th e Citati on fo r Alumni Service. Missouri London Program in 19 83

Dr. Harry J. Eisenman, Rolla , Mo . mto Co's ALUMNI EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD Professor of hi story at UMR ,ion in SL Has served as chairm an of UMR's hi story and political science department and is the depanment 's primary Presented to afull-tirnefaculty member who demonstrates freshman adviser excellence in effective leaching efforts, based on voluntary student feedback surveys. cOrganic John B. Kincaid , Rolla , Mo. CE' 61 , MSCE'72 Soap and Dr. Ralph E. Flori, Rolla, Mo . Retired as a li eut enant colonel with th e U.S . Army Co rps li Bank of Joined the UMR fac ulty in 1990 as an assistant professor of Engineers in 1973 of Greater of bas ic engineering at UMR Joined the UMR civil engineering faculty as a lecturer in PetE'79, MSPetE '8 1, PhDPetE'87 1982 Has worked in th e petroleum industry, has performed geological engineering work and has worked in the Dr. Jerry C. Tien, Rolla , Mo. research and development of ceram ic superconducting Joined the mining engineering faculty in 1985 and is an lftment at fi laments and other composite materi als assistant professor Received an Outstanding Teaching Award during each Mi nE' 88 of hi s three years at UMR Has worked wi th Peabody Coal Co. and Wh ite Pine Developed computer-based instruction models for hi s :onducted Cooper Co. dynanlics classes, served as chairman of the new engi­ lttering in A past fe ll ow fo r the Mineral Avail ability Field Office of neering educators cO lllm.ittee of the Ameri can Society the U.S. Bureau of M ines in Denver and a trainin g expert fo r Engineerin g Educati o n m optics, forthe United National Development Program in Beiji ng. aveguides Chin a ALUMNI SERVICE A WARD

Presented in recognition of service by alumni to the unive rsiry O UTSTANDING STAFF MEMBER AWARD lcurrently and the MSM-UMR Alumni Association, was awarded to: Dr. Edward E. Hornsey, Rolla , Mo . Th e Association honors two current stafflnelnbersfor their outstanding service to the students of UMR. ,r became Joined the UMR faculty in 1967 and is an associate professor of basic engineering and engineering mechan­ Colle en Kapeller, Rolla , Mo . ics Clerk typi st n in th e UM R Student Council offi ce MinE'59, MSM in E'61 , PhDMinE' 57 ciation of Joi ned UMR as a temporary empl oyee in August 1992 Co-wrote three editi ons of UM R's materials tes ting lberofthe and became a permanent employee in the S tude nt Coun­ laboratory manual and developed two software pro­ cil offi ce in October 1992 grams used in the materi als testin g laboratory course Has served as a volunteer in the public schools fo r many Awarded th e MSM -UM R Alumni Association's Out ­ years standing Adviser Award in 1987 Devotes her spare time to rai sin g her three children Or. James W. Johnson, Rolla , Mo . linda Martin, Rolla , Mo . ChE'57, MSChE'58, PhDChE ' 61 UMR Di visio n of Student Affa irs student services coor­ Joined the UMR chemi cal engin eerin g facult y in 1958, d inator promoted to associate professor in 1963 and professor in Joined th e UM R staff in 1986 as stud ent services adv iser ndus1rj 1967 and was pro moted to curre nt positi on in 1989 Chaired thecheillical engineerin g department fro m 1979 Serves as chair of th e UM R Parents Day Committee and ringWor!d to 1990 the Student Affa irs Comm.iltee and an equality aide and a member of the Publications Comm.iltee is adisui c1 Clifford C. Tanquary, Grandview, Mo . An honorary member o f Blue Key fraternity and an almanager Retired power proj ects manager of The Marl ey Cooling honorary Kni ght of Sl. Patrick Tower Co. sociation's CE'57 he class of A pas t offi cer and board member of the MSM-UMR Alumni Association's Kansas City Section and current ly a UMR Ad mi ss ions Ambassador MSM ALUMNUS 29 D ~ALUMNI- - NOTES

Golden 1950 Les t Dred F, Alumni Bendix Signal . division 1929 andG .. H enry D. Monsch, MetE, and his -Our p. wife , Ruth, celebrated their 60th wed­ fa mily, ding anniversary April 29, 1993. Hank enjoyin reports that he and Ruth "are still hav­ IV. Mal ing fun in the Arizona sun." too han MU9, 1932 our pia J a mes K. Rich ardson, MinE, ward to ProfMinE'35, writes, "Many doubts as Sig 90t to whereabouts of my 'classes' , but homecc sure wish I could hear from some of them. " 1951 Han 1933 voluntel Ch arles E. Achuff, CerE, w rites, Hospita "Still semi-retired, playing golf and 50 Y EARS AND BEFORE, First Row: Joe and Clarellen Howerton, Ruth and Oscar Muskopf, A drienne LeSueur, roadsar engaging in some civic activities." • Sue and Friday Freidank, Mary Everett. Second Row: M el and Mary Lou Nickel, Bud and Martha Clayton, Elmer l. Di ck. Gieseke, Norma Dumm, Edred Everett. Third Row: Ida Mae Wolff, Audrey Bommer, Ray Throgmorton, Audrey A lfred H . Hesse, MetE, ProfMetE'41 , '~thWe Rayburn, Lee Dumm, Rosemary and Ralph Neubert. Fourth Row: Leonard Wolff, Theodore Bommer, M.A. and his wife, Emilie, have three ch ildren, his child Maxine Gibson, Robert and Flo rene Smith, Eleanor Dowling, Joel Loveridge. Fifth Row: Connie Klug, Frank and six grandchildren and three great­ liamH. Violet Appleyard, Otis Taylor, Agnes and Thomas Fin ley, George Axmacher, Paul Dowling, Doris and Bill Oberbeck. grandchildren and enjoy their summer Sixth Row: Bob Klug, Ed and Mabel Rueff, Janet and Hugh Barcfay, Joan and Craig Ellis, Willia m Rea, Ollie and ing reDr home in Douglas, Mich. Alfred writes, Ca rl Cotterill. children. "See you at homecoming. "

1940 reunion." • H. William Flood, ChE, 1952 1934 and look up his roommate, Larry A. G eorge E. Fort, MinE, Prof­ ProfChE'74, carries a full teaching load B otkin (BSME'48). Lesli John Benard, EE, is keeping very PetE'67, attended the reunion of the in chemical engineering at the Univer­ -Thanks busy with various hobbies. 58th Bomber Wing in Tulsa, Okla., in sity of Massachusetts-L owell. He 1949 enjOying June 1993 and hopes to attend UMR writes, " We both enjoyed the 50th Landon C. Viles, CE, and his wife 1937 homecoming th is fall. George Axma­ reunion of class of '43." are digging up departed ancestors in a 1953 Walter F. Breuer , CEo writes, cher, MinE'42, spent several days vis­ 22 state genealogical dig. L andon Char "Have now been retired almost 19 iting the Forts in Hot Springs, Ark., last writes, " We get together several times -OnOcl years, but maintaining my A.S.C.E. spring. a year with E.D. Camerer (BSME'491, hood sw, m embership. " Forties and we spend a lot of time getting • Willian 1942 p.o. 'd at our PCs. " • Edwin Hugh­ "SO"" I, 1944 L. 1939 F . Mari e D avis Klinkerfuss, es , EE , is serving a second turn as J am es R. Miller , ChE, writes, J. Victor Spalding, ME, writes, Chern, writes, "Still enjoying the after­ president of the Space Coast PC Users "Planning to see you all in 1994." 1954 " Enjoyed the Shangri-La event and glow of the 50th class reunion. Class Group Inc . • Jes se W. B owen Jr., EE, Kenn St. Pat's local get-together. " • M ax L. of '42-the best." enjoys traveling. fishing and visiting 1948 consultar Y ea ter , EE, retired July 1, 1992, from Elderhostels. H e writes, "Have gone and man, a career in nuclear physics research , G ilbert S. K ee ley, EE , writes, "En­ to 10 so far. " • Charles J. Ross, ME, 1943 acomple nuclea r engineering research and joying retirement in L eesburg, Fla. writes, " Playing golf; enjoying life." D onald J. Coolidge, ME, is plan­ Emirates. Keep busy doing volunteer work for teaching . • H oward H. Fillmer, EE, ning several trips this fall, including an church, H abitat for Humanity and oth­ writes, "I have been retired for one Elderhostel expediti on in France. Af­ year and still am not ca ught up. ,. er groups ." • Arne N ormann , M E, 1956 ter visiting Rolla with his wife, Donald retired as chief auditor with the Su­ Mauri writes, "The new MSM campus looks preme Audit Institution of Norway. Rosemar, beautiful l " • A lbert S. D eValve, CE, Arne hopes to return to Rolla for a visit IS, 1993. writes, " I really enjoyed myself at the With TRW

30 MSM ALUMNUS CE, retired May 3 1, 1993, after 43 Fifties years wi th th e Corps of Engineers.

1950 1957 Lester R. Brunnenmeyer. EE, re­ Dr. Freder ick J. D ietrich, EE, and tired Feb. 1, 1990, after 11 years at his wife, Pat, celebrated their 32nd Bendix Corp. and 24 years at Allied wedding an niversary this year. · Walter Signal Aerospace Co., fluid systems H. Ellis Jr., GGph, MSMetE'64 , com ­ division . • Edward P. Kyburz, MinE, pleted his fourth year as chief metallur­ and Georgina retired Aug. 1. Ed writes, gist for Kaiser's Valco plant in West "Our plans include traveling, visiting Africa. His wife Lois relocated to New family, renewing old friendships, and Bern, N.C., where Walter expects to enjoying the years ahead." • George re tire in September 1994 . • Robert W. Mabie, ME, writes, "Not working Fuller. Ph ys, received the Outstand­ too hard these days as my son, Glenn, ing Teach ing and Instructional Cre­ ME'79, is doing a great job running ativity Award from the University of our plastics business. Looking for­ Nebraska. Robert has been active in 60 YEARS AND OVER: Elmer Gieseke. Adrienne LeSlIellr. Fran and ward to seeing old friends at the Kappa physics educati on research for the last George H ealh Sig 90th Anniversary Celebration at 17 years at UNL. • Philip S. Roush. homecoming. - EE, received the American Heart As­ sociation's M. Graham Clark Award 1951 for more than 20 years of volunteer H arry F. Dreste, Phys, enjoys his work . • Kenneth W. Shriver, EE. volunteer work for St. Louis Veterans married Penny, a friend from high Hospital and his hobbies-model rail­ school. in June 1992. ·Sueur. roads and old Studebakers . • Richard E'mer L. Dickens, EE , retired after 37 years 1958

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umenl ~ POLICYFOR PUBLICATION OF ALUMNI ning . • 1962 elected director of the Kansas section ~1S M E ' of AWWA and represents the section Oscar G. Cago, MetE , manager of NOTES IN THE MSM ALUMNUS Amenci an integrated mill owned by the Ven­ on the national board of directors. We are happy to announ ce weddings, births and neersin ezuelan government, is promoting an Bennet and his wife, Pat, celebrated promotions, after they have occurred. is coni, industrial park . • H enry P. Duvall, W e will mention a spouse 's name if it is specifically their 25th wedding anniversary this least len Math, traveled in October 1992 with mentioned in the information provided by the alumnus. year. • H enry M. Salimzadeh, ChE, ticewh( wife Kay to Luxembourg to receive an The MSM Alumnus will announce deaths if information managing director and founder of Re­ bution s is submitted by an immediate family member, or from a gent Company Ltd., promotes the sale award for Boeing given by the Interna­ newsp ap er obituary. Phys, " of chemical raw materials in Iran. Henry tional Cargo Forum for manufacturing We will print addresses if specifically requ es ted to do so IheAm excellence. Henry writes, " Both Kay wishes to work with U.S. firms and by the alumnus submitting the note. Proving and I spent two wonderful weeks in UMR graduates in sal es export promo­ We reserve the right to edit alumni notes to meet space Luxembourg and enjoyed side trips to tion . requirements. Germany and Belgium." • Robert J. 1967 We will use submitted photos only as space permits. Dr. 1961 Linville, EE, works as a senior field construction engineer for Bechtel Corp. MSChe Robert M. Laurenson, ME, an on a pipeline expansion project owned ginning engineer at McDonnell Douglas Aero­ May '93 graduation of his son, Chris, by Pacific Gas Transmission Co. in 1965 menl h, space, Seabrook, was named a fellow who received a BS in civil engineering northern Idaho. Dr. Paul A. Hustad, CE, president versilyi of the American Society of Mechanical from UMR. of Burns & McDonnell Waste Consult­ Departr Engineers, an honor conferred on ants Inc., was elected to Burns & Mc­ 10 fu nd members who have made significant 1963 1964 Donnell's board of directors . • J. Der­ • Willia James R. Knox Jr., Chem, gave contributions to the field . • A rnalda J. Alfred J. Buescher, ME , aid Morgan, MSEE, ProfEE'87, dean an invited lecture on his drug target presider Salazar, MinE, is president of PDV ProfME'83, is senior vice-president, of th e college of engineering at New enzymes research at a symposium of nologie; Marina, S.A. , an affiliate of Petroleos environmental and construction for Mexico State University, received the the Royal Society of Chemistry in Cam­ provide de Venezuela, S.A. H e writes, "My Sverdrup Civil Inc. H ector Troche­ Engineer of th e Year Award from th e bridge, England . • Marvin K. M on­ worldwi son , Arnalda Salazar Jr. (ChE'80), is Maldonado, MSPhys, retired from the New Mexico Society of Professional day, EE , is an AV-8 electrical design \~Ih Ih, director of Radio Caracas, one of the University of Puerto Rico last Decem­ Engineers for his involvement in engi­ team leader at McDonnell Douglas try." ·U leading broadcasting stations of Vene­ ber after thirty-two years of teaching neering at NMSU and throughout New Corp . • Roger C. Wagner, EE, writes, utive vii zuela." • Grah am W. Wood, CE, physics. He writes, "My m emories of Mexico and th e nation. " Carlos Ascensio (BSEE'65), Dave VECAlI writes, "Enjoying retirement in Ken­ the UMR campus, Rolla and various Hi et, anyone else-when are we going Ihe MSr tucky. " Graham previously worked places in Missouri are everlastin g." 1966 with th e U.S. Army Corps of Engi- to float the Current again? I am getting thirsty' " • Ronald R. Williams, ME, James E. B ertelsmeyer, ChE, neers. 1968 Pro fCheE'9 1, CEO o f H eritage Pro­ MSME'64, and his family attended th e Ron, pane Co., writes, "Company and fam­ kidney il y co ntinue to grow. Have ninety- four Jonalha propane plants in twel ve states, and cessful, daughter Beth married Randall Snapp Lynn A. of Tulsa last summer. " • Arun S. Ch­ ager al l italia, MSCE, a consulting civil engi­ in Sprin, neer and RCC specialist, writes, " De­ signed ' Big Splash ' ho te l club in EE, MSI Bombay-first of its kind." Arun also managel teaches stress management through "riles, " yoga . • Dr. Donald A. M cClure, MS­ enrolled Phys, PhDPhys'70, writes, " Visited year ani Russia and Ukraine with People to freshma , People Nuclear Fuel Cycle Study MSMelE Group ." Doing sa fety analysis for Los neeranci Alamos National Laboratory, where I IUle of ( ac tu ally learned to ski for the fi rst time ducingCI in my li fe." · L. George Rausch, M etE, and Marie Hillman were married April 1969 24, 1993, at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rich, Springfield, Mo.' E. David H ayes' , stalled a! EE, company, E-H Engineering Ltd., CLASS OF '43, Fi rst Row: Mart y Reed. Lou Paul, LaVerne Rasmussen, Gabe and Edith S ki tek, Albert DeValue, NSPE Vi, expanded its operations and started Juanita Ship man, Dorothy Kas ten. Second Row: Jack Reed, Ja mes Paul, R.K. Rasmussen, Joe Schmitz, Paul and Dr. And producing a high-speed electronic doc- Mary Rothband, Eleanor and Bill Higley, Jean T. Shipman, Ra y Ka sten PhDPhy!

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ument scanner for high-volume scan­ ning. · K enneth M. Ragsdell, ME, MSME'67, was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engi­ neers in September 1993. The award is conferred upon members with at nnus. least ten years ' active engineering prac­ lation tice who have made significant contri­ rom a butions to the field . • James Shiells, Phys, retired early after 27 years with do so the Army Research Lab at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. space

Is. 1967 Dr. Stew a rt M. Condren , MSChem, PhDChem'71 , writes, " Be­ ginning a three-year term as depart­ ment head at Christian Brothers Uni­ presidenl versity in Memphis, Tenn. Used U.S. CLASS OF '48, First Row; Dick Whanger, Jan Risch, Blondie Leaver, Sue Ellis, Carolyn Peterson, Julia Bye, Betty ,Consult­ Department of Education Title III grant Guilfoy, Mary Hepp. Second Row; Ann Whanger, Windsor Warren , Harvey Leaver, Bill Ellis, Dave Peterson, Stanley ms & Mc­ to fund new inorganic chemistry lab. " Bye, Donald Guilfoy, Joe Hepp. Third Row; Don and Carol Leahy, Roger and Mary Nowlin, David and Wanda Smith, Phil Browning, James Fisher, Harold Moe. Fourth Row; Don and Alwilda Mathews, Mike and Colleen Delany, .·J.Der· • William R. Grantham , EE, is vice Ardella Browning, Mart and Lee Markway, Bob Gevecker. "87, dean president of operations for Wave T ech­ Ig al New nologies in St. Louis. He writes, "We :eived the provide technical training seminars studying marine atmospheric physics Bandung Institute of Technology and Antonio, Texas. • Roger R. M ont­ IITom Ihe worldwide for companies connected near coastlines. Hewlites, "I'm amazed the preSident-director of the state­ gomery, EE , writes, "My son, Wade, is ofessional with the telecommunications indus­ at the subjects I've gotten into-mete­ owned coal mining corporation in In­ a sophomore in the civil engineering ntinengi ­ try." · Uran M. O zsoy, MSChE, exec­ orology, aerosols, satellites. Physics is donesia. He writes, "I am looking department at UMR. " • Jam es R. IhoutNew utive vice-president of Turkiye SISE still fun ." • Brad H ornburg, CE, led forward to being back in Rolla in the Geers, EE, became sale owner of PLM VE CAM FAB AS in Turkey, receives the employee buy-out of Landmark near future. " • Major James A . Hol­ Technologies Inc. in January . • Ronald the MSM Alumnus with pleasure. Contract Management Inc. effective liday, Math, received a Doctor of Phar­ G. Gerdes, EE, has been with South­ JUly 30, 1993. Brad is president and macy degree from the University of western Bell Telephone Co. for 23 ler , Ch E, 1968 majority stockholder of the firm which Georgia in March, 1993. James, wife years and is area manager of long­ ilage Pro­ Ronald F. Zauner , ME, donated a provides construction claims avoid­ Karen and their children, Justin, 13, range, technical planning. Ronald and vandfam­ kidney to his 24-year-old son, ance, management and resolution ser­ and Emily, 10, have relocated to San family live in St. Louis, Mo . • Larry J. ,inely·four Jonathan. The surgeries were suc­ vices and construction program man­ lates, and cessful and both are healing well. • agement. • D arrel A . M ank, EE, was named vice president and general lallSnapp Lynn A . Frasco, eE, is general man­ SVERDRUP HONORS TWO un S. Ch· ager of City, Water, Light and Power manager of Cirrus Logic Inc. 's porta­ in Springfield, Ill . • Julio A . Spiegel, ble products division. • Joseph W. ~- , civil engi­ ALUMNI FOR HELP ON LEVEE Stahl, AMth, MSCSci'72 , spent two rites, "De· EE , MSEE'70, president and general weeks in California as executive secre­ FFLO OD OF '93 ,I club in manager of Sonitel S.A. in Panama, Two UMR g rad uates are am o ng 19 Sver­ tary to a panel for the Defense Science Arun also writes , "At present I have rvVo sons d rup Co rp. employees to be honored fortheirwork o n the Ri verport Board. It through enrolled at UMR. One is in his senior levee, o ne of o nly three to surv ive fl oo d ing o n the Missouri Ri ver. Sverd rup constructi o n m anager Theodore B. Mueller, CE'5S, ;lure, MS, year and the other is beginning his and levee protectio n tea m mem ber Dennis F. Boll, GeoE'8 1,'82, freshman year." • H arihar P. Singh, . -Visited received " M ast er Builder" awards from Sverdrup for t heir lea der­ " People to MSMetE, works as chief mining engi­ Seventies ship rol es in t he desig n, constructio n, o peratio n and maintenance cle Study neer and director of the regional insti­ of t he levee and its d rainage facilities. The levee w it hstood river tute of CMPDI, the largest coal pro­ crests above the 300-year level and kept wat er from inundating Isis for Los Ri verport, a 500-acre busi ness and entertainment com plex, as wel l ducing company in fndia. 1970 y, where I as Interstate 70 and Earth Ci ty, an 1,S OO -acre industria l park. The James R. Rodebush, ME, is chief ttime area is locat ed along th e Missouri Ri ver in north St. Lo uis County. efirs engineer at Tema Systems Inc. in Cin­ sch,MetE, 1969 Sverd r up Co rp. is one of t he natio n's largest engineeri ng, cinnati, Ohio . • D ennis R. Star ke, architectu re and construction companies. T he fi rm p resented th e IrriedApril Richard T. B erning, CE, was in­ EMgt, MSEMgt'71 , accepted a new Master Builder awa rds on Sept. 21. ,thedral in stalled as chairman of NSPEIPEI and position as general manager with Pri­ Mueller was resident eng ineer du ring constru ction for all as­ d Hayes' , NSPE vice president in July 1993 . • pects of th e o ri g inal site develo pment, and Bo ll was f ield i nvestiga­ ority Plastics. "Enjoying new position," ering Ltd., Dr. A ndreas K. Goroch , MSPhys, tor for t he levee and p ump station soil borings and re li ef-well he writes . • Dr. A mbyo M angun wid­ inspectio n and des ign. PhDPhys'73, is senior scientist at NRL, nd started j aya, PhDMinE, is a faculty member at tronicdOC-

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1973 Society May27 Tho mas D. A k er s, AMth , sanita!)! AMth '75, writes, "Training for my next Horner shuttle flight, STS-61 , the Hubblespace Richan telescope repair mission, scheduled appoint for Dec/Jan this year. David, 16; Jes­ antoat sica , 13, and Kaye (age a secret) love th e trips back to Missouri every sum­ Board f' mer. We miss the Ozarks!! " · Stephen gineerS L. Garrison, GeoE, ProfGeoE'89, is IV. Inrt vice president, midwest region, for U.S. son , Jot Environmental Consulting Inc. in Novi, atUM R Mich. ' Robert Kleinman, MetE, joined a histor A.B. Chance Co. as a senior manufac­ nacki, ! turing engineer/metallurgist. • Victor geologis W. Lomax Jr., H ist, writes, " Begin­ he is stu ning August 1993 I'll be professor of ity in th, business at Pikeville College, Pikeville, Davila· Ky. We've enjoyed Germany and Carnine Italy for the past year as paid tourists, Canada but it 's now time to return to reality." aHendin • R onald M. P o llmann , EE, ter's fre MSEMgt'74, and his son, Eric, recent­ Mines. CLASS OF '53, First Row: Bill and Shirley Barbier, Robert and Betty Jenkins, William and Helen Kronmueller, John ly traveled from Fenton, Mich., to visit children Bender, Molly Achterberg. Second Row: Jim and Betty Stowe, Jim and Marylou Knearen, Maurice and Charlene Tobel, Don and Alice Bardon, Jack Greiten, Ernie Achterberg. Third Row: Bob Vienhage, Don Seipel, Ann and Gene the UMR campus. Eric has a perfect Edwards, Charles A. Berry, Joan and Rom Buescher, Gene and Rose Lang, Al Neiman ACT score and is considering studying 1975 EE at UMR . • J. K enneth Thompson, Jose PetE, ProfPetE'90, was transferred to -Moved Plano, T exas, where he is vice presi· Uve in a dent of ARCO Exploration and Pro­ O liver , C E, MSCE'76, MSEMgt'83, si l generation, for Illinois Power Co. Terry Edwards, EMgt, writes, "In ad­ Josephi duction Tech nology . • Christoph er A. has done waste water projects with Richard, his wife Cathy, son Eric and dition to being a pilot in the Air Force, erlor C Thornton, Phys, received his MS in Sverdrup Corp. for 17 years. He is daughter Renee reside in Decatur, II I. we bought a trucking company, Tran­ Nichol physics from the University of Illinois married with three children . • Thomas • A lan A. Koch, Phys, is happily mar­ sa rea Inc., in Kansas City, Kan. My MSEMgI in May and entered law school this fall. C. Nebel, EE, is responsible for test ried with three children and manager wife, Linda, is a nurse and a captain in iy & Ele and measurement at Hewlett-Pack­ of process development with Alumax the Air Force Reserves. " • Dorninic J. • D ea n L. Tibbitts, NucE, MSNucE'75, july. hel ard. Tom and family live at 1514 N. Engineered Metal Processes . • Gerald Grana, CE, MSCE'75, writes, "Our was promoted to manager of opera­ Systems tions atSheuron H arris Nuclear Power Marshall, Middletown, Ohio 45042 . • L. Lachner, Phys, retired from the environmental consulting firm is grow­ offices ir Plant. His new address is 1008 Holt Anne M . Springer, Hist, retired from U.S. Air Force September 1992 and is ing in St. Louis. About 50 percent of Hespeci Rd ., Apex, NC 27502. teaching in June 1992, after 31 years. working on his master's degree in in ~ our engineers are UMR grads." • Jerry • Vern or She writes, '; 1 am readin g, writing, formation systems at George Mason R. Jack son, EE, was named vice­ writes "F sewing and gardening. " • Dr. Larry F. University. • Raymond E. Mueller, president of physical resources and 1974 12, 199: Thompson, PhDChem, received the EE , MSEE'79, writes, " My son Kevin engineering at Blessing H ospital in Susan H. Roth schild, CSci, re­ Vemon, American Chemical Society Award in is enrolled as a freshma n at UMR and Quincy, III. ceived her MS in accounting from th e and no~\ Industrial Chemistry, sponsored by will be majoring in electrica l engineer­ Universi ty of Missouri-SI. L ouis and 26, 199, Akso Chemicals Inc., in March 1993 mg. joined the firm of Rubin, Brown & MSMinE and the Roy Tess Award in Coating, Gornstein, CPAs . • James W. Dug­ Chiang . sponsored by the American Chemical gan, EMgt, relocated to Colorado 1972 Do YOU HAVE A SON OR Writes," , SOciety Division of Polym eric Materi­ Springs, Colo., where James is re­ Gary E. Ferguson, ME, vice-pres­ to lurthe als, in August 1993. DAUGHTER PLANN1NG TO sponsible for communica tions and ident of Black & Veatch Construction Barbara computer systems at Cheyenne Moun­ Inc., was appointed partner on Jan. 1, ATTEN D UMR? book and tain AFB for miss ile warning, air de­ 1971 1993. Gary, wife Pamela, and their Barbara I If you live outside Missouri, fense and space surveillance. ' Stephen Ronald G. Choura, EE, writes from two daughters, Beth , 17, and Leslie, you'll be interested in the acomme 15, live in Overland Park, KS . • Juan E. Langley. EMgt, would like to hear Michigan, " My son began studies at Alumni Sons and Daughters but she. from college roommates. His address Rolla in engineering management. I G uillermo O choa, MSME, was trans­ Grant. Your children may be fun is 3069 Creekside Dr. , Westlake, OH mo~ have made more trips to Rolla in the ferred to Kimberly-Clark Corp. , based able to attend UMR without promotio h aving to pay the out-of-state 44145 . • W illiam P. C larke, CE, past few monlhs th an the past 20 in Colombia, as business development t uition rate! Contact Lynn ems: ·D. MSCE'79, was appointed president of years.'" Rich ard W. Eimer Jr., EE, is manager for Latin America. H e hopes Stich note in the Admissions the St. Louis Chapter of the Missouri is manag th e assistant to the vice president, fos- to visit Rolla in the future . • Lt. Col. R. Office at 1-800-522-0938 for Union EI, an applicat ion form. has Work

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Society of Professional Engineers on , AMlh, May 27, 1993. William is manager of "myn"l sanitary/environmental engi neering for bblespace Horner & Shifrin Inc. of SI. Louis . • ;cheduled Rich ard L. Elgin, CE, MSCE'76, was j,16;Jes. appointed by Governor Mel Carnah­ "rei) love an to a three-year term on the Missouri very Sum­ Board for Architects, Professional En­ ' Stephen gineers and L and Surveyors . • Phillip ,oE'89, is W . Inman, H ist, writes, "My grand­ n,forU.S. son, John Reece, is a first-year student IC.inNovi, at UMR. Naturally, I'm pleased-he's ,1E,joined a history major, too." • A lan S. K or­ manufac· nacki, GGph, was promoted to staff . • Viclor geologist at Shell Oil Company, where ;, -Begin. he is studying traps, seals and oil qual­ ofessor of ity in the Gulf of Mexico. ' Gonzalo O . , Pikeville, Davila-Poblete, MetE, has worked for nany and Cominco Ltd. Research Center in CLASS OF '58, First Row: Sadegh Vakil, Teresa Nece, Kay and Jerry Littlefield, George and Elizabeth Hughes, d louris~, Canada since January 1992. After Larry and Patty Atha. Robert and Connie Smith. Second Row: Del and Shirley Day, Ron and Connie Welch, Jack o realily." attending UMR, he earned his mas­ and Janice Haydon, Nancy and William Hammock. Third Row: William and Elizabeth Schluemer, Wayne and Betty nn , EE , ter's from the Colorado School of A ndreas, Fred and Pat Krueger. Robert "Jack" and Delores S pratt, Ralph and Joan Young. Fourth Row: Paul and ie, recent­ Mines. H e is married and has three Freida Munger, AI Jahner, Tom Light, Chub and Laurie Newton, Patsy Knapp. Fifth Row: Fred Cox, Bob and Norma :h., lovisil children. Sfreddo, Raymond and Jan Phillips. AI and Peggy Weh rm , Charlotte and Mel Hudson, John Knapp. ; a perleci gsludying 1975 lOmpson, Joseph B . A drian, Econ, writes, Isfened 10 " Moved again. No, I am not trying to .lice presi­ live in all 114 counties of Missouri. " and Pro· Joseph is the human resource manag­ 10pherA. er for Con Agra Frozen Foods Co . • his MS in Ni c h o l as E . B a rrack , EE , of lllinois MSEMgt'76, operates Central Securi­ ",I Ihis fall. ty & Electric Inc. in Rolla, Mo. Last iNucE'75, July, he purchased Electronic Security of opera· Systems Inc. of Joplin, Mo. and has earPoIVer offices in Joplin, Boonville and Rolla. 1008 Holt H e specializes in electrical contracting . • Vernon P. B oehme, CE, M5CE'77, writes "Remarried Barb on December 12, 1992. We have three ch ildren: Vernon, 14, Melinda, 12, Christa, 9, CSci, reo and now a fourth due on November g hom Ihe 26, 1993!" • Nikom Ch otikanont, Louis and M5MinE. an associate professor at Brown & Chiang Mai University in T hailand, W. Dug' writes, " Hopetosendmyson (toUMR) colorado to further his studies in the future." • ne5 is re­ Barbara J. Clayton, Engl, is writing a nons and book and doing television promotions. lneMoun· Barbara portrays an elderly woman in 19, air de· a commercial for Oxford H ealth Care, ·Slephen but she writes, "The one that was th e CLA SS OF '63, First Row: Judy Machmeier, Judy Sutton, Judy Sieckhaus, Karen Van Buren, Barb Church, Dianne ke 10 hear Farmer. Second Row: Paul Mach meier, Bill Sutton, Bob Sieckhaus, Jim Van Buren, Jerry Church, John Fa rmer. most fun was with Willie Nelson in a Third Row: James Knox, Kent and Sue Thoeni, Judy Timmons, Joan David. Nancy Schillinger, Jon Vaninger. Fourth lis address promotional tape for Fantastic Cav­ Row: Harrel Timmons, Edward G. Dnvid, George Schillinger, Pat Vaninger. ;dake,OH erns. " · Daniel F. Cole, EM, M5EM'76, " ke, CE, is manager of resource planning at residenlof Union Electric in 51. Louis, where he e Missouri has worked since 1976. • Jam es W.

MSM ALUM NUS 35 I~ ALUMNI INOTES 1979 1976 Bangkok, Thailand . • Patricia " Tr­ daughter, Callie Rose, who just turned Cr1 John J. Jaeger, CE, MSCE'81, ish" (K ackley) Tobiasson, LSci, and six years old and started kindergarten. Espy's, MSEMgt, new address is moted was selected by th e U.S. Army Corps husband Jim are still sa iling the " Ciao • George M . M cGrath Jr., ME, is Badge #099152, Saudi Aramco Box ureat t of Engineers to attend th eir army man­ Bella." They recently passed through principal engineer for ABB Govern­ 2410, Dhahran 31311 , Saudi Arabia. agement staff college in Washington, th e Panama Canal into th e Caribbean. ment Services Inc. at th e H anford, • Steph en A. K ambol, CE, joined D. C. • David B . Smith, EE , is senior T hey plan to visit Cartagena, the ABC Wash., sit e. He writes, "T he site's DMJM International as regional project engineer for SAIC and works Islands and Venezuela before stop ­ miss ion has changed from defense to projects coordinator, responsible for as an engineering consultant for the ping in Trinidad for a while . • Mich ael environmental restoration and r e me ~ marketing, business development and Apache helicopter. ' Dr. Dil M. Bhatia, J. Wilhelm, ChE, was named direc­ diation. An exciting time to be here." engineering projec t support in South­ 1980 PhdGGph, was appointed to the gov­ tor, corporate busin ess development, • M ary E. (Foehse) Simon, CE, mar­ east Asia. • Thomas O. Miesner , Jer erning board of the American Geolog­ for Ethyl Corporation. H e is responsi­ ried John Simon on Dec. 28, 1991, EMgt, is director of strategy manage­ ed to SI ical Institute, representing the Ameri­ ble for evaluation and coordination of and their new address is 14821 Char­ ment for Conoco's two Rocky Moun­ lines. ! can Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Ethyl's acquisition and venture-capital lotte Meadows Ct. , Florissant, Mo. tain , downstream-petroleum-business naling Exploration. H e also serves on the activities . • Todd Butz, GGph, received 63034 . • John A. Ziegler, ME, was units. Tom writes, "Now have three Admin S.M .E. Geology and Geochemistry Energy System's Manager of the Year, transferred by Union Elec tric to Jeffer­ children, Ella, 8, Emilie, 4 , and T heo, modin! committees and was invited to address Jefferson Cup Award at the annual son City, MO. 1. We are still in Houston and invite oping ( the Geological Society and Geological Martin Marietta Corp. Honors Night in our friends to visit (especially the old Survey of Sweden . • Janet Shellen­ June. ing pro 1H Z gang)." • L ance Overmyer, 1978 berger , CSci, is in her 13th year as CSci, \. GGph, relocated to Omaha, Neb. , Norman C. H aas, MinE, writes, systems support manager with Digital mom . where he is manager of environmen­ 1977 "Li fe in paradise is fantasti c! Raising Equipment Corp. Gary Sh ellenberg­ Jonalh, tal services for Pro fe ss ional Service Karen Daily Clifford, Engl, Hist, four teenagers.... Enjoying managing er , ME, completed his fourth year as Franci~ Industries. Lance and his wife, Lori, writes for the hometown section o f the Kansas-based Continental Food Corp. president of his own company, CAD­ moled have two daughters, Krystal, 10, and South Bend Tribune. ' Clark W. Craig, from H awaii, but still haven 't figured suiting Inc. Both write, " If anyone ever luraldi' Erica,8 . • H arty C. Van Jr., PetE, is Chem, completed his residency pro­ out how a mining engin eerin g degree visits the Tampa/Clearwater area, give Morris; manager of environment, health and gram in family practice and works with prepared me for a career in food im­ us a call ; we 'd like to hear from you. " corpore safety for Amoco Production Compa­ Doctors Without Borders, an interna­ porting and distribution. Aloha, Dan • Vichitra Skulchan, MSEMgt, is di­ writes, ny 's offshore busin es s unit in New tional relief organization . • Phillip D. B. & Vicki M." Norman's address is rec tor of the metallurgy division in the consulti Orleans, La. H ensley, Hist, is nearing his tenth year 2733 Puuhonua St. , H onolulu, H a­ Department of Mineral Resources in as a youth specialist counse ling trou ­ waii 96822, phone (808) 988-9366. • efforts, bled teenage boys. He al so has a David Crowley, EE, and his wife, dream i Adrienne, had th eir first son, Jerred Brad le. Michael H orace Gilmore, in 1991. • -Baby, Craig L. Agne, EE, writes, " Living in lriends Fairview H eights, III., and working at treal al Electronics & Space Corp. in St. Louis for th e past eight years.'" Thomas W. 1981 Fennessey, CE, works as a superviso­ Micl ry geotechnica l engineer for th e Fed ­ Giesma eral Highway Administration in north­ 6, 1993 ern Virginia . • Rich ard W. Goodson, Shimoo Econ, and wife Geanie have two chil­ 63146. dren, Kyle, 5, and Chad, 3 . • Thomas worksic V. Gebh ardt, CSci, and wife Cath y have four children, Maggie, 11 , Joey, 9. Mart ha, 5, and James, 2. T hey live in Charlott e, N.C. • Sergio N . Rivero, ChE, is director o f Calgon Intera meri ­ can in Venezuela . • Dr. Billy F. Little, Chem, writes, "On Sept. 1, I became th e v.p. for external affairs after 10 years as v. p. for academic affairs at S.B.U." • David M . Davis, MSCE, MSEMgt, was selected by the N .S. P. E. as a finalist for the Federal Engineer o f the Year Award and honored in a ceremony in Was hington, D.C. , in May. CLASS OF '68, First Row: John and Kath ryn Oelger, Ted and Jeannette Warren. Jim Danley, Jea n and Roger Volk. Second Row: Bill Stoltz, Terry , Ga y and Karen Waltri p, Dixie Finley. Stephen Stra uss, L arry A mos. Th ird Row: Rodger Ellio!t , Richard Phelps, Rich Vehige, Ginny and Bob Pahl, Marjie and Loris Piepho. Tr. at } and S. 36 MSM A LU M , US )justturned 1979 ndergarten. Craig E. Lunte, Chern, was pro­ Jr.. ME, is moted to associate professor with ten· :8 Govern. UTe at the University of Kansas. e Hanford, -The site's

I defense to and reme. Eighties :0 be here­ n. CE.mar· 1980 . 28, 1991, J erry D. West, Phys, was promot­ 4821 Char. ed to senior engineer at American Air­ issan, Mo. li nes. Jerry is responsible for coordi­ r, ME, was nating with the Federal Aviation ric 10 Jeff,,· Administration on a major aircraft modification program and for devel­ oping an in-house engineering tra in­ ing program . • Janet Rimmey King, CSci, writes, "Working as a full-time inE. \vri!e5, mom. My boys, J efferey, 6, and tic! R~~ng Jonathan, 3, keep me plenty busy." • 9 managing CLASS OF '73, First Row: Gary and Sophia McAlpin, Marsha Wilson, John and Hazel Botts, Evelyn Gayer, Mike and Fra ncis J . Werner, EMgt, was pro­ FoodCOIjl. Dee Rissell. Second Row: Katherine Dillon, Chris Wilso n, William Giles, John Goyer, Fred and Jeanine Pope. Third moted to general manager, arch itec­ Row: Vanessa and Jack Gonzenbach, Mike Anderson, Darrell Hibbits, Bill Cunningham, Sara and Mike Freeman, Bill en 'l figured tural division, at Adams Products Co., Brune, Stew Scott. 'ring degree Morrisville, N. c. , and was moved to a in food im· corporate office . • Brian E. S eley, EE, Aloha, Dan writes , "Started my own engineering tection Agency in the groundwater pro­ new toll road near San Diego. He and Ka ren Wheaton Dungey, GeoE, s address is consulting firm in 1990. My marketing tection office. Robert was married in wife Cindy live in Riverside . • Mary S . writes, "I resigned from my position as '0Iulu. Ha· efforts are paying off. The American May 1992, and they expect the first Kl orer, ME, writes, "Tim & I love petroleum engineer with the IRS after l ·9366 ' dream is still alive in Pennsylvania! " • child in late 1993. • Bill y G. Euell Jr., Florida. Give us a call if you 're visiting the birth of our second child. I ke ep d his wife, Bradley A. Brown, Phys, EE, writes, EE, enjoys his new aSSignment as in the area." • J ohn C. Lavalette, very busy taking care of Matthew, 7, son. Jerred "Baby number 4 is in the oven. Old manager of computer science research Econ, wri tes, "I have been involved Katie, 3, and Nick, GeoE'82." • Chris­ in 1991. • friends should stop by anytime; I'll with Shell Development Co . • Robert with fiber optics technology since 1983; topher E. Williams, CE, became a ;. -living in treat at the winery." S . Gi araffa , EE , received an MSEE it has been a fun business to watch registered professional engineer in working al degree from New Mexico State Uni­ grow. Thank you, UMR, for helping to Missouri in August 1992 . • Brian J . inSl Louis 1981 verSity and was promoted to engineer­ open the doors to a promising and Gra nt, CE, president of B. G. Consult­ Thomas IV. ing group leader with Lockheed at the exciting career! " · Lawrence D. Will­ Michael Corum, CSci, and S onya ing, speCializes in masonry design , con­ 3.superviso­ NASA Wh it e Sands Test Facility. Bob iams , EE, a senior systems engineer at struction and inspection . • Steven K. Giesmann, EMgt, were married March 'or the Fed· and family live at 3321 Jupiter Rd., Westinghouse, received his MSEE from McCullough, EE , works for Metters 6, 1993. Their new address is 2138 on in north· Las Cruces, NM 88001.' George Har­ John Hopkins in 1989. He and wife Industries Inc .• Zane M. Ru ssell , CSci, Shimoor La ne, Creve Coeur, MO . Goodson, vi ll a Jr., CE, is project engineer for 63146 . • Robert A. Dunlevy, GeoE, Kathleen have two children. Lawrence was a contracting systems analyst for ve "vochil· Parsons Brinckerhoff Engineers in San works for the U.S. Environmental Pro- writes, "Hello to all from RH A house the past year, working in Ark. , Texas I. • Thomas Bernardino, Calif. , and is working on a five ." His address is 1524-D Michelle and, currently, N.C. • James Traylor, wife Cathy Ct. , Forest Hill , MD 21050. EE, works for the department of de­ e, 11 , Joey, fense in the electronic warfare branch WHERE'S ST. PAT? Z Theylive Bil l '55 and J a ne Ha ll e tt 1982 and works as a Century 21 real estate )N. Rivero, have created a fun puzz te a nd Brent W. Weathered, AE , reports broker during evenings and weekends. eri game book for ki ds a ll a bo ut Interam ' UMR . With activiti es s uc h as that he and wife Linda (Bangert) He writes, "For 19941 plan to increase LiWe my inventory and help UM R alumni fl yf. , the connect-the-dots Joe Min­ Weathered, AE '83, work for the NASA I, e r, an e ngineering fi e ld na me buy and sell homes in the Indianapolis I became Langley Research Center in Hamp­ irs after 10 w o rd jumble, and a Curtis area. "" La ws Wi lson Library m aze ton, Va. Li nda received her MSAE ic aHairs at g a m e your kid s w ill have fun from George Washington University a vis, MSCE, a nd lea rn about your a lm a few years ago, and Brent completed 1983 lteNS. PE m ater at th e same time l his MSME this spring at the University Angela Latham, PetE, and Ken of The books are just $3 each Engineer of Virgin ia . • Andrew W. Bonnot, EE , a nd may be purc hased fro m Altnether, ME '85, were married Ma y ,no in 3 red Look & See Pub li cati o ns, P.O. MSEE '83, and his wife, Lisa (Sum) 15, 1993. Ken works as a fa cilities )c,in~lay Box 64126, Tuscon, AZ 85728. Bonnot, PetE'85, enjoyed catching engineer wi th Texas Instruments and (The sale of the books be nefits halibut last May in Homer, Alaska. • Angela is a family practice resident at Treat your future Miner to "a Look the a lumni a s s ocia ti o n a nd and See A ctivity Book" and find out! scho la rs hip prog ra ms.)

MSM ALUMNUS 37 I ~ ~D ,A_LUMN___ I __ ~~I ______B OTES . Mo., IV neer and Frank works at HNTB as a iam. They write, " Kurt and his older for Procter & Gamble. H is work takes men! n project engineer. T hey have two chil­ brother, Neil, are keeping us busy. him to Europe, MalaYSia and through­ \~ feLis John Peter Smith H ospital. Their ad ­ dren, Lauren, 1, and Garrett, 4. H ope to see a big crowd at homecom­ out the United States. • Scott D . Car­ and Kil dress is 7004 Briardale Dr. , North Rich­ Phillip A. K oehr, PetE, writes, "Still ing." • Peter M. Bur ton, CE, writes, ney, G eoE, MSGeoE'88, and Renee (Parisi land Hills, TX 76180 . • Mich ael R. working at L umbermate-five years. " Enjoying learning the trade of civil Montgomery married this year. Scott Ch E'81 M atthew, EE , completed his MBA at Currently senior programmer/analyst." engineering and seeing old UMR works for General Engineering Labs. yvonnE th e University of Southern California • A nn E . Ek is, EE, retired last fall , after friends in unexpected places." • Ruth T heir address is 14-A Townpark Ln., lvorks a and started a new job as a se nior M. C uzm ar , MSCerE, works for Charleston, SC 29412; phone is (803 1 nine years with H ewlett Packard as a leyC. \I consultant at Ernes t & Young . • Philip 795-4309 . • K evin T . D avis', AMth, sales engineer, to stay home with her MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. as a sional, B . Musser, EE , has anoth er baby boy, specialist engineer. She writes , " We new address is 420 Paxford Ln., daughter, Sarah Ann . • Patricia A. Sta te 01 Seth Daniel. " Everything is great," he have openings for engineers very fre ­ Bremerton, WA 983 10 . • Louis S. Peick , CerE, writes, "Just bought my Laura ( reports . • David Schluckebier , ME, is quently. If someone is interested, send B eck er , EE, MSEE'88 , writes, " 1 first house. I discovered that the hard­ husban a profeSSio nal engineer with Reming­ ware store is just as much fun as the me a resu me. " • D aniel L. Dickey, passed the October P. E. exam. I work contrac ton Arms Co. Inc. in Arkansas. mall " • Ch arles B . D erbak, EE, had EE , recently married Joy and works as at Union Electric in the system plan­ ' position Cassandr a Crumes Smit h , EMgt, project engineer for the ionospheric ning department. G ive me a ring or his 10-year anniversary at McDonnell LouiS: works at the U.S. Army Tank-Auto­ Douglas and is working toward an MS research program at Continental Elec­ drop a line!" • K evin J. Knocke, EE , motive Command for the program in electrical engineering at Washing­ tronics Corp . • William M. Fogarty writes, "Received my P. E. in October executive office . She writes, "David ton University . • Patricia M. Culpep­ lll, PetE, and family write, " Hi to all of '92. Expecting our fourth child in 1988 and I are expecting our first child in late per, PetE, works for Phillips Petro­ the petroleum engineering grads and November. " • Darryl B urks, EE, is Mic October! " • J am es V. Steve ns, CSci, leumCo. in Odessa , Texas. Shewrites, Kappa Sigmas. " · Wayne Hanley. Hist, manager of engineering for Wire Rope MSEMg is celebrating his tenth year with IBM " Don and I have three children, Sean, writes , "My article on 'Citizen Kane' Corp. of America 's wire and strand coands and has received a division award for 6, Ryan, 3, and Megan, 1." • D avid C. will come out in September, and I will manufacturing facility. Darryl and wife Chemic; his work on the public key extension to K erber, EE, works for Warren Rogers be resuming my doctorate studies at Bonny have two children, Emily, 6, anl, SC th e transaction security system . • D oug Associates in Middletown, R. 1. • John MU in the faiL " · Jam es K . N iemira, and Adam, 3. 5367. ' Wesselschmidt, CE, received his MS G. W ilmes Jr. , EE, and B arbara EE , and Amy have two children, Wil­ at ed I degree in public administration and W ern ert Wilm es , BSGGph '85 , liam, 4, and Sylvia, 2. • Dr. David 1987 Missoun works as city engin eer in Shawnee, Wade Osborne, PhDChem, is vice MSEmgt'93, enjoy raisi ng their child, Cathy J. Corley, AMth, presented ",II com Kan . • Robert S. White, AE, was president of research and develo p­ Timothy, 15 months. John works for a paper at th e Military Operations Re­ working promoted to European product man­ ment for the Virotex Corp. in H ous­ Cutler-H ammer and Barbara is cele­ search Symposium in June and is fi n­ South P ager for IVAC Corp. His new address ton, Texas. ·lnJanuary 1993, Eric S. brating five years with McDonnell Dou­ ishing a term as vic e president of th e ton , AE is T he Old Barn H ouse, L yne Court, glas . • M oh ammed T. Tayeb, PetE, Strope, GeoE, was promoted to pres­ Kansa s City branch o f th e Operations 451h Sr L yne, Surrey KTl6 OAW England; writes, "Since graduation, I have joined id ent of Econex Inc., an explosives Research Society of Ameri ca. · Steven AFS, FI phone 0932-561-433. the Sirte Oil Co. of Libya, gotten mar­ distributorship of Dyno Nobel. • M ar ­ W. Dar1Z, CSci, received a master's manage' vin L. T aylor, EE, writes, " Left my job ried, and have one son and two daugh­ degree from the University of lIIinois­ gineer. I 1984 ters." Mohammed works as a re search at H ewlett Packard; still living in Boul­ Urbana and is employed at Mentor fu nding K ent F. Ferry, CSci, has joined engin eering sp ecialist . • Ja nis G . der, Colo., and teaching mountaineer­ Graphics Corp. in Wilsonville, Ore . • and spa in g. Drop m e som e e -mail: Candle Corp. as a problem determi­ Johnson, GeoE, hopes to continue George R. Farmer Jr., EE, earned his Dani el , nation speCialist in the da tabase tools working at Fort Carson despite a ser­ marvint@csn .org. " MSEE degree from Washington Uni­ MiSSOUri group. · Mich ael W. Eversm an, GeoE, vice contract changeover. • A ll en E. versity on May 14, 1993. • Sonya Departrr MSGeoE'85, writes, " Have room for Fr iedr ich, CE, MSEMgt'89, and Cyn­ 1986 Giesm a n n, EMgt, and Mi c h a el en M. B visitors; come on by! " His new ad­ thia Ritner were married June 5, 1993, Donald J. " J erry" Cowley, ME, Corum, CSci, were married on March Lou~ , M dress is 342 MacKenzie Dr. , West ches­ at New Life World Outreach Center in and Michelle Phipps were married June 6, 1993. T hey would li ke to hear from right ane ter, PA 19380; his phone is (2151344- Cape Girardeau, Mo . • Dr. Margaret 12, 1993. Jerry works as district rep­ cla ss mates at th eir new address: 21 38 Saaved , 4808 . • D onna Eberhardt, EMgt, and L. Buhl, Chem, married Gary E. Wil­ resen tative with Nalco Chemica l Co., Shimoor L ane, Creve Coeur, MO lor Unio Chris Rapisarda, ME'82 were mar­ liams on June 12, 1993. They live in and Michelle is a registered nurse at 63 146. · S. Keith H argrove, MSEMgt, on his I ri ed Sept 7, 1991, and on June 1, Roches ter, N. Y., where Gary attends Deaconess Hospital. T hey reside at re ceived his PhD in industrial engi­ MiSSOUri 1993, welcomed a son, Mark Antho­ R. 1. T. • D r. Laurie L. B ehm , LSci, is 236 Avenida de Azaleas, Eva nsville, neering from th e University of Iowa CE, was ny. Both work for DPRO at McDon­ medical director o f St. John 's Rehabil­ IN 47712. · William D. Smith, GeoE, and is an ass istant pro fessor of me­ testing la itation Center in Joplin, Mo . • David nell Douglas , Donna as an electronics was married on Sept. 11 , 1993, and chanica l engineering at Tuskegee Uni­ Inc. inSr engin eer and Chris as a program inte­ C. K er ber, EE, writes, "Out o f th e rece ntly became a pro fess ional engi­ versity. His address is 1001 S. Main Sean Fe grator. • Eliza beth A. D ol an, Psyc, Navy after nine yea rs; still in th e re­ neer. H is new address is 6221 Bro­ St. , Tuskegee, AL 36083-2267; phone homthel and family relocated to Cinci nnati. She serves, th ough. Now an official resi­ gandal e, St. Louis, MO 63128 . • Car­ is (2051 724-9995 . • D avid Minogue, SchOOl ., dent of R.I. , analyzing underground writes, " Daugh ter Karen is in the fourth la Rellergert. GeoE, has been with CSci, writes, " L eft the defense indus­ ing Grou' grade, son Robert is in the first grade storage tank inventory fo r W arren Roy F. W es ton Inc. in Albuquerque, try to develop video gam es at Absolute Rogers Assoc. in Middletown." and our youngest, G reg, will start kin­ N .M ., for fi ve years. Carla writ es , Entertainment in Upper Saddle River, 1989 dergarten this year. " • M arcia B. Rel­ "O wn a house in the mountain s out­ NJ. New address: 18 D Tanager Rd , Greg j a, PetE, and Frank . CE·84. reside in 1985 side of Denver, Co. Si ngle and loving Monroe, NY 10950." • Chris A . Booker w T ulsa where Marcy works at Kaiser Bri a n D. B ack er , CSci , and it. " • David L. Cornell, CSci, works as N eugebauer, CSci, is pres ident of Greg woo Fra ncis O il C o. as an acq uisitions engi- Sharon had a second child. Ku rt Will- a process computer sys tems engi neer Neutron Technologies in Ches terfield,

38 MSM A LUMNUS work lakes Mo., which helps businesses imple· ,dthrough. ment new technologies. Chris and mO.ear. wife lisa have two children, Kristin, 3, and Renee and Kirk, 8 months. • Yvonne S. lear. Scott (Paris) Prevallet, PetE, and Craig, 'ring Labs. ChE'88, moved to New Orleans. llpark Ln., Yvonne works for Amoco and Craig me is (803) works at Shell's Nonco plant. • Stan­ M ,A/.1th, ley C. Winkle, EE, received his profes­ , fo rd Ln , sional engineer regislration from the , Louis S. State of Missouri on March 1, 1993. • wriles, "I Laura (M ay) Y oung, EE , writes, "My am Iwork husband, Doug, and I have just started slem plan· contract electrical engineering design earingor positions at McDonnell Douglas in St. l ocke, EE, Louis, " inOclober nh child In 1988 Tks, EE. is Mic h ell e D o n ze , ChE, Wire Rope MSEMgt'92, has transferred with Amo­ ,nd strand co and sends her new address: Amoco CLASS OF 78, First Row: Tom Dill. Dave Holland, Jackie DeThome, Joe Falconi, Jenny and Greg Ameson, Fran and Kelvin Erickson ')'i and wife Chemical Co. , P.O. Box987, Mt. Pleas­ , Emily, 6, ant, SC 29465; phone: (803) 881- 5367 . • Michael L. M oss, ME, gradu­ ated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. H e will complete his degree in patent law , presenled working for a law firm in Colombia, rationsRe­ South America . • K enneth A . Shel­ !dnd is fin· ton, AE, MSEMgt'89, works for the Jem ollhe 45th Space Wing, Cape Canaveral Operations AFS, Fla. , as chief of the network :a ·Steven management office and a facilities en­ a master's gineer. He works with the budget and loflllino~ · funding for Titan IV, Atlas II , Delta 11 al Memor and spacecraft payloads programs . • Jille. Ore. ' D aniel J. Smith, EE , works for the , eamedhis Missouri Highway and Transportation ngton Uni· Department in the design unit. • Rob­ • Sonya ert M . Bain, EE, is an attorney in St. Michael Louis, Mo., specializing in patent, copy­ donMarch right and trademark law . • Jam es R. ) hear Irom Saavedra, EE, is a project engineer Iress: 2138 for Union Electric Co. o~d is working :oeur. MO on his MBA from the University of "MSEMg, Missouri-St. L ouis . • Keith D . M artin, ;mal en~' CE, was named manager, materials II' of lo"'a testing lab, lor Anderson Engineering CLASS OF '83, First Row: Chris Ramsay, Charles and Gina Harris, Kevin Gordon, Glenn Brand. Second Row: sor 01 me· Inc. in Springfield, Mo. • Christopher Mark and Karen T utile, Bill Proulx, Debbie and Patrick Giacomini. Third Row: Chris and Andrea Noonan, Eric and kegee Um· Sean Foote, EE, received his MBA Polly Scott Showalter, Alice Beechner, Mindy Brand. )1 S. Main from the University of Virginia Darden 26J:phone School and works for Boston Consult­ j Minogue, ing Group. Electric and Amy is employed by the married June 26, 1993. John is em ­ M cLaughlin, CerE'89, and m yse lf ~nse indus­ Federal Deposit Insurance Corp . • ployed with MCI Telecommunications made th e latest IBM cuts in th e tech­ alAbsolule 1989 J am es R. B ond, EE, and Sara Vavra, and is attending SMU. Christina is nology products division in East Fish ­ ME '89, were married. Both work lor employed with P. Arumugham, M.D. , kill, N. Y. Great technology opportuni­ ,ddle River, Greg A . Bolte, EE, and Amy E. Delco Chassis (General Motors) in Associated. T he couple lives in Plano, ty for ou tsid e market with IBM anager Rd, Booker were married March 20, 1993. Dayton, Ohio. • John C. H offman, Texas . • Doug Niermeyer, CerE, packaging capabilities." • Lt. Mich ael • ChriS A· Greg works for MagneTek Century residenl 01 EMgt, and Christina M. Huhman were writes, "Tim Popp, CerE'89, Paul p, Pappas, CE, is slationed in Japan :heslerfield,

MSM ALUMN US 39 I ~ ALUMNI NOTES Radio C in Calvert City, Ky., as a shift engin eer worked in the Kynar (PVDF) plant. His new In Memory CoasiB< addre ss is 320 Iroquois Drive, Pad­ co·foun, ucah, KY 42001. ' Tim Newkirk, EMgt, The MSM-UMR Alumni Associa­ waSSecr was promoted to process quality con­ tion extends its condolences to th e for20y' trol and sanitation manager at Mid­ families and f riends of the follow ing was a CI west Grain . • D onald Reichert, ChE, deceased alumni: served a and Shirley Burkemper were married Capistra June 5, 1993. Both Donald and Shir­ !ricl Fro ley work for Biocraft Laboratories. • 1928 radio as Victoria J. Scammacca, EE , teaches K evil Crider , a retired indepen­ led byJ, physics and electrical th eory at th e den t geologist, died June 20, 1993, at Navy Nuclear Power School. his home in Shreveport, L a. H e was a 1940 lifetime member of Sigma Nu fraterni­ Elm, 1992 ty and very active in th e MSMJUMR 1993 ac Ark-La-Tex Alumni Section. In 1968 E1merw, David Lowry, GeoE, and Barbara Kevil was president of the Ark-La-Tex and Ass, H oerstkamp were married May 29, section and has selVed the section in 1993. David works fo r Total Environ­ other functions throughout the years. mental Services and Technologies. T he 1941 couple resides in Shawnee, Kan . • Nick CLASS OF '88: Linda and Rich Tutko, Lori Stapp and Tony Crocker Elaine Yonker, AMth, and Daniel 1933 13,1993 H auschel, ME·90, were married June Felix M. Fraulini, CerE, died April times in ; 19, 1993. Both work in Houston, Tex­ 25, 1993. At MSM Felix was an Inde­ for three years. Julie L. Sanders, hawk. • Mark A. Voss, EE, and Anne bles lem as . • Robert J. Stoltz, Hist, works as a pendent and a member of Phi Kappa involved AMth, works full time on her MBA at K. Zimmermann were married M ay 5 , real estate appraiser and has applied Phi honor society. He received a Washington University . • Yeshi Wang­ 1992 . • A llan D. Johnston, EE, works Club, " ~ to law school. • Brian Talley, ME, MSCerE from the University of Illinois di, MSEE, is th e superintending engi­ for Central Electric Power Coopera­ muralsp' works for Ford Motor Co. , where he is and was a captain in th e field artillery neer at 0 & M Wing in Bhutan. Yeshi tive in Jefferson City, Mo., as a trans­ dent assi helping to engineer two new Ford en­ of th e 7th Infantry Division in World writes, "T he courses pursued and the mission engineer. "We miss campus Nick was gines and transmissions. • N eil Van­ War II. In 1976 Felix retired as plant thesis I worked on (at UMR) are rele­ life in Rolla," he writes . • Gregory S. dermeulen , EE, joined A. B. Chance manager at Plibrico Co. in Firebrick, vant and beneficial to my work here. Breuer, CSci, reports that geographic 1944 Co. as a product assistant in market­ Ohio. (submitted by Ken Brugioni, Thank you! " -H sien-Jung Wu, information systems technology is up ing . • Steven G. Klump, ME, and ME'78) Rob" MSEMgt, is a PhD candidate in indus­ and coming in the Mo. H ighway De­ gust 12,1 Andrea Lenox married and have one trial engineering at Penn State. partment, where he works as a pro­ class pr" daughter, Emily Catherine. Steven grammer analyst. Greg is also keeping 1935 Kappa AI works as a project engineer for RF. H arry H. Komm, EE , died on July busy with his family . • Eugene J. B end­ retired Goodrich. h, er , EE, writes, '·S pending two months 17, 1993. H arry was retired from mc. Nineties in Europe ... assisting the introduction McDonnell Douglas. At MSM H e was of Caterpillar's new 988F wheel load­ 1993 an In dependent and a m ember of 1947 1990 er. And of more importance, my broth­ Dennis e. A m end, MetE, and Julie A.I.E.E. and Radio Club. K enneth D. Shields, EE, works at er and I have begun res toration work A. Schleis were married May 15, 1993. George J. Borgstede, CE, died Mitzi F office tha Northern Teleom 's Bell Northern Re­ on the rusty 1971 Skylark l " • M at­ • Audrey Linville, Chem, and Jon R. JUly 24, 1993. At MSM. George was search fac ility in Dallas, Texas, as a thew T. Sieger, Phys, is a graduate Fox, Ph ys , were married on June 20, treasurer of Engineers Club, Pres ident Pomeroy scientific staff member. H is new ad­ student at the University of Illinois. H e 1993. Audrey and Jon are graduate of the e. E. Society, a cadet lieutenant iransferre dress is 5024 Wagner Circle, T he Col­ reports that his research is going well. students and teaching assistants a t in with ROTC, a member of the Offic­ Technolo ony, TX 75056 . • A lex H. Vincent, Penn State University. - Bill Stein­ ers Club and a letterer on the swim­ amemb" GGph, is writing a guidance document 1991 inger, eEl accepted a position as high­ ming team. H e was retired from self­ Campus I for the EPA to evaluate the perfor­ way design engineer with th e Missouri employment. the Resel\ James R. H endricks, MSEMch, mance of pump-and-treat groundwa­ Stale Highway Department. lerwasre earned his MBA from Washington ter remediation sys tems. • Katherin e University in May 1993. H e was also 1936 Nordmeyer, EE , and David Steinm­ promoted to se nior analyst, process DID YOU KNOW? John P. "Jack" Rasor, MinE, 1948 eyer were m arri ed Jun e 1993. ProfMinE'46, died April 10, 1993, at Simu lation, at McDonnell Douglas You can c hoose your class Jack E Katherine works at Saffee 's and David Corp. - Timothy F. Kram, EE, writes, year! Check the mailing label his Sa n Clemente, Calif. home. At nis nome is a deputy juvenile officer. T he cou­ .. Up here in wild and beautiful Her­ on this issue - the top row MSM his activities incl uded dance lended ~1, ple resides in Jefferson City, Mo . • mann, Mo. Pipeli ne work is in teresting should indicate the year we chairman far th eSt. PafsBoard, 1.F. e. COming 10 James C. Rutherford, AE, was trans­ have listed as your " preferred" and dirtyl Drop me a line at P.O. Box secretary-treasurer, contributing edi­ member 0 class year. If this is NOT the ferred to N .A.S. as on-site engineer for tor to th e Missouri Miner, Kappa Sig­ 227, Hermann, MO 65041. ·Jason B. year you would prefer, just let Omega ha th e structural modification o f the Na­ M cH aney, ChE, accepted a new posi­ u s know and we' ll c hange it. ma preS ident, Missouri Mining and COl]lsvete vy's advanced trai ner, th e T-45 Gos- tion with Elf Atochem North America Contact J anice Turner in t he Metallurgical Association secretary and inlnePaci A lumni Office, Castleman Hall, UMR, Rolla, MO 65401-0249 40 MSM A LU MN US -

Radio Club station manager. Jack Jack worked as a senior research engi­ ber of the Board of Control, A.S. C. E. , Highway and Tra nsportation Depart­ worked for U.S. Potash Co., Pacific neer in the Homer Research Labora­ Independents, Engineers Club, New­ ment. At UMR , he was a member of Coast Borax Co. and Filtrol Corp. and tories of Bethlehem Steel Corp. man Club, Student Council and the AS.C.E., I.T.E. and Chi Epsilon. co-founded Tinker & Rasor where he Paul B. Boswell, EE, died on April St. Pat's Board. He was employed as li Assoda_ was secretary-treasurer and co-owner 3 , 1993. He attended Maryville State manager of underground storage tanks :es to the 1988 for 20 years. After retiring in 1964, he Teachers College before transferring at Hydro Search Inc. , /ollowing Carol (McKaskel) Thurn, MetE, was a consultant for Ju sti n Inc. and to MSM . At MSM Paul was on the died March 28, 1993. At UMR , she served as a bilingual teacher for the Honor Li st, a member of A LEE and 1958 was a member of Student Council, the Capistrano Valley unified school dis­ a student assistant in the EE depart­ George W. Keel, MetE, died Feb. Student Union Board and the Interres­ trict. From 1927 he enjoyed amateur ment. Prior to retiring, he was a con­ 6, 1993. At MSM , George was a idence Council. Carol was employed I indepen. radio as W6DMK. (Some info submit­ sulting engineer for General Electric member of Gamma Delta, Beta Sigma as an associate engineer with Allied ), 1993 at ted by Jack's son, John M. Rasor) Company. Psi and AS.M. He was retired from Signal Inc. and was a second-year law . Hewasa Gordon H. Moline, MetE, has died. 1940 U.S. Steel. student at St. Louis University. At MSM , he was on th e honor list, lufraterni· Elmer M. Allgeier died July 1, president of the senior class and a ~S MlUM R 1993 according to his wife Lucille. Monica Aspiazu has notified the student assistant in his department. 1963 '- In 1968 Elmer was retired from Allgeier, Martin Alumni office that her father, George Gordon was also a member of Lamb­ Lee R. Ha rtung, EE, died this year. .!k·La ·Tex and Associates. W. Aspiazu, MSEMgt, died four years da Chi Alpha, Blue Key, Rollamo He was senior electrical engineer at section in ago. Control Data Corp. At MSM , Lee was the years. Board, AS. M., A I. M. E. and th e Amer­ 1941 ican Foundryman's Association. He a member of the 5ger's Club, Tau Douglas D. Mincke, CerE, died Ni ck S . Nicola, MinE, died August was a retired, self-employed consult­ Beta Pi, A.I.E.E. and Eta Kappa Nu. August 15, 1993, according to his fa­ 13, 1993. At MSM, Nick lettered three ant. He was on the Honor List for four ,diedAprii ther. Douglas resided in St. Charles, times in football and was first in dou­ Ha rry B. Steele, CE, died April years, received the Gold Key award lson Inde· Mo. bles tennis and handball. He was 27, 1993, at Willow Springs, Mo. Harry and the Phi Kappa Phi Book Plate Phi Ka ppa involved in MSM Forum, Shamrock was retired from the Missouri Highway Award. 'eceived a Club, "M" Club, A I. M.E. and intra­ and Transportation Department. (Har­ Faculty and Friends of the ,of Illinois mural sports, and he worked as a stu­ ry's death was reported by his brother, 1973 University ,Id artillery dent assistant in physical education. Robert R. Steele, CE'50). J a mes W. Ma rolf, EE, has died. Hazel Breuer, wife of Walter F. 1 in World Nick was retired from Cargill Inc. He had been an engineer with Hewlett­ Breuer, CE'37, died May 30, 1993. ,d as plant 1949 Packard and a manager for Zilog Inc. Melvin Weinbaum , a longtime Fi rebrick, supporter of athletics, died June 25, 1944 Paul A. Watkins, CE, died March B ru~oni, 1993. He and his son started the Rolla Robert W. Harlow, EE , died Au­ 11 , 1993. After graduation, he served 1983 gust 12, 1993. At MSM, he was senior area chain of McDonald 's restaurants. as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during Ala n Lee Finley, AE, died Sept. 9, class president and a member of Pi The Alumni office recently learned World War II , receiving th e Purple 1993 in Kansas City, Mo. While at­ Kappa Alpha and A.1. E. E. Robert was that Mrs. Earl H. McAlpine has died. Heart and Bronze Star with clusters. tending UMR, he was a residence hall retired from Oklahoma Gas and Elec­ Geraldine "Gerry" Meier, wife of .ed on July Paul retired from Paul A Watkins Co supervisor for Altman Hall . Alan be­ tric. Harvey W. Meier, '50, died August 1, tired from in 1988. Hewaspastpresidentofboth gan work as an aerospace engineer for 1993. While at MSM , both Gerry and ;MH e was th e Lions Club of St. Joseph and the the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Com­ Harvey had many friends in Gamma "mber of 1947 Midwest Roofing Contractors Associa­ mand in St. Louis in 1984. In 1992 he Delta social fraternity (now Beta Sig­ Mitzi Pomeroy notified the Alumni tion, as well as a member of th e Elks reluctantly gave up his career when a ma Psi) . Gerry retired as director of CE, died office that her husband, Chester M. Club of St. Joseph, Knights of Colum­ brain tumor prevented him from per­ admitting for Christian Hospitals in St. leorge was Pom eroy, MinE'47, has died. Chester bus and Sacred Heart Catholic Church. forming to his standard of profession­ Louis in 1989. , President transferred from Wisconsin Institute of alism and safety. George L. Christopher died July lieutenant Technology to MSM . At MSM he was Memorial contributions may be 1951 13, 1993. He operated Christopher flheO ffic· a member of A.I.M.E., Phi Kappa Phi, made to th e Alan Lee Finley Memorial Donald Lawrence Rober, ME , died Jewelry in Rolla for 45 years. theS\~m' Campus Vets committee chairman and Scholarship Fund, in support of aero~ June 8, 1993, at his home in Sun City M rs. Berni ce M arek, widow of I hom self· the Reserve Officers Association. Ches­ spa ce engineering students, through West, Ariz. At MSM , Donald was a Harry Marek, MinE'23, has died in ter was retired from Dupont. th e MSM-UMR Alumni Association. member of T heta Xi , A.S .M. E., their home in Canada. M.S.P.E. and on th e Honor List. He 1948 retired last January as president of 1985 or. Mi nE , J ack Ba lma t, EE, died April 12 in United Distributors In c., where he had Henri A. Bouffa rd, MSCE, died 1,1993, at his home in Macungie, Pa. Jack at­ worked for thirty-seven years. (Some April 13, 1993. He was senior project home. At tended Mount Union College prior to information was prOVided by Edna manager for Sverdrup Corp. Rober, his wife) led dance coming to MSM. At MSM he was a member of Sigma Nu and Alpha Phi JOrd,I.F.C 1986 Omega fraternities. He was a Marine ,uting edi· 1957 Mo nte L. Lindstedt, CE, died July Corps veteran of World Wartl, serving

MSM ALUMNUS 41 - 0 ALUMNI ------r---Future Miners --~ NOTES Darrel A. M ank, EE '69, and Karla, a son , Zachary Daniel, August, 1992 Thomas Mies ner, EMgt '75, and Kalhryn, a son, Thea, 1992. MEMORIAL GIFTS Beverly J. Flori, Chem '79, MSChemS5, and Ra lph, PetE'79, MS­ PetE 'S I , PhDPetE 'S7, adopted a son, Andrew John, March 1992. If you would like to make a m emori al gift in m emory o f a Paul G. Baldetti, EE 'S I , and Dana, a son, JeHrey Taylor, March 23, 1993. loved one o r friend, please contact the MSM-UMR Alumni Joe and Lea Anne Howell, both ME'S I , a daughter, Katherine Lea, June Association, or simply send a check, made out to the MSM-UMR A lumni Association, and include a note indica ting the individual 6, 1992. you would like to memorialize. Debra Cooper Murphy, PetE'SI , and Larry, a daughler, Caroline Blair, Contributions to the MSM-UMR Alumni A ssociatio n are tax­ Dec. 1992. CD d eductible. Robert N. Zettwoch, EE 'S I , MSEE'S4, MSEMgt'SS, and Mary, a daugh­ ter, Katherine Elizabeth, February 13, 1993. Brian J. Grant, CE'82, and Jenny, a son, Jason Joseph, March 30, 1993. Harvey H. Grice, professor emeritus of chemical Chris Rapisa rd a, ME'S2, and Donna (Eberhardt), EMgt'S4, a son, Mark engineering at UMR, died Ocl. 1 in Roll a. He was S1. Anthony, June 1, 1993. Dr. Grice was a retired Army colonel who se rved Robert Baumgartner, ME 'S 3, and Karen, a daughter, Megan, July 1991. in WWII. He rece ived his educa lion from The Ohio Sallie J. H ose, CerE'83, and Matt, a daugh ler, Erica, June 25, 1992. Siale Universi ty. He was wilh General Foods for William C. Schulze, EE 'S3, and Mary, a daughter, Dana Katherine, March some 25 years and was presidenl of Graceland 19,1993. College in Lamoni, Iowa, for six years before joining Rex Stam erjohn, '83, and Kim , a son, Alexander. June 23, 1993. Ihe UMR fac ulty in 1964. He was a professor of chemical engi neering until Robert S. White, AE '83, and Maeve, a daugh ter, Jacquelyn, January his retirement in 1975. 1993. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dr. Harvey H. Grice Ronald W. Davidson, EE'84, MSEE'91 , and Debbie, a son , Benjamin Scholarship Fund al the UMR chemical engineering deparlmenl. Joseph, April 29, 1993. Ann E. Ekis, EE '84 and Joel, a daughter, Sarah Ann, June 4, 1992. Derek W. Hannah, EE '84, and Joanna, a son , Shane.

Marvin R. Cain died Aug. 22, Gregory S. Schmid, EE 'S4, and Debbie, a daughter, Ariel Nicole, Aug. 31 , 1993. Dr. Cain was a hislory profes­ 1992. sor at UMR for 26 years. He was a Brian D. Backer. CSci 'S5, and Sharon, a son, Kurt William, 1993. Korean War veleran and studied Frederick M. Booth, GeoE'86, MSGeoE'S8 and Susie, a son , Frederick military history. Dr. Cain joined the 'Reed ', June 22, 1992. UMR faculty in 1967 and from that Beth Rezac Rem arcke, EE '87, and Daniel, a son, Benjamin Daniel, April time until 1973 was chair of Ih e 26, 1993. soc ial sc iences departmenl. He spe­ Edward E. Bartel, CSci'SS, and Julie, a daughter, Heather Elizabeth, April cialized in American constitutional 13, 1993. history, American mililary his lory, Pat Toby, CE 'SS, and Cheryl, a son , Benjamin Thomas, June 21. Ihe Civil War and Reconstruction, Scott A. Sallber g, EE'90, and Krislen, first child, Elisabeth Eileen , June and Ihe era of Jefferson and Jack­ 13, 1993. M ark A. Voss, EE '90, and Anne, a daughter, Megan Elizabeth, Sepl. 19, son. He published many papers and arti cles on th osesubjecls and in 1965 1992. published the book Lincoln's Attorn ey General: Edward Bates of Missouri. Marc W, Eshelman, CE, MSCE'91 , and Jill, a son, Matthew. S teven G. Klump. ME '92, and Andrea, a daughter, Emily Ca lherine, Sepl. Dr. Cain '5 wife, Sue, died Ocl. 2, 1993. The Cains are survived by th eir 21, 1992. five daughters. Memorial contributions may be made 10 Ihe Dr. Marvin R. Cain scholarship fund at UMR. -UM University All cloth We admit it: We're nosy, We wo uld like to share yo ur news about yo ur professional accomplishments with yo ur cl assmates, Electronic mail users: Please 1 What's New With U? ALUM [email protected] including job cha nge, promotion or retirement; community and vo lun­ IThis is an Internet address) o P l ea~ teer activi ties; recent marriage Of add ition to your family; or any other Price. news you have. Plea se include the following information FAX to: Name. ______MSM-UMR Alumni Association Address : ______1314)-341-6091 C Che. Employer and posilion ' ______(31 4) :J. Employer address : ______Or, write us: Cred it I Home and work phone numbers. ______MSM-UMR Alumni Association Castleman Hall OJ Has this information changed since your last contact with the alumni association? _Y _ N University of Missouri-Rolla MONn Rolla , MO 65401-0249 Q My News: ______Card~ Class Year While SI 1, Big Cotton White

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On July 17, 1993, the Ark­ Attending: John '51 and Lor­ La-Tex Section met at th e home etta Moscari; Phil '48 and A rdella of John '5 1 and L oretta Moscari. Browning; Basil '39 and Clydelle Th{ Compton: Shawn B9 and Jennifer Phil '48 and Ardella Browning its sun Clark; John H. '39 and Eilyeen Li v­ served as co-hosts. In the after­ ingston; Frank '32 and Katharin e 1993, noon, several section members Zvanut; Elmond Claridge '39; Jerry and Ire and th eir guests toured the Tex­ Poland '82; Kenneth D. Cochran ant Col as Utilities Mining Company's '83; Chuck and Vi rginia Johnson; ni hac Oak Hill mine near Tatum, Tex­ John Moscari, Jr.; Rhonda and homer Amber Pri ebe; Ed and Page Loren­ as. UMR alums Kenneth Co­ future zi. chran '83 and Jerry Poland '82 UMR; hosted the outing and explained ••••••• Mines how th e company strip mines idea 0 and restores th e land. Following On Saturday, June 19, th e before the visit to Oak Hill mine, the Central Ozarks Section of the ing on group returned to the Moscari MSM-UMR Alumni Association detaile home for a barbecue and cov­ ga th ered at Meramec Spring Park MSM-UMR Alumni Association president Bob Wolf the De ered dish supper. for their annual pig roast. Den­ (standing, at left) visited the Alaska Section on July 27 Atte A t the busi ness meeting, sec­ Lindsey nis McGee '69; Jim Perkins '66 and presented their section charter. tion mem bers discussed their Kevin ' and associates provided the sc holarship program for th e com­ family; equipment and expertise to roast Babcocl ing year. Members agreed to th e pig. Despite th e rain, th e ily; Hug attend more meetings of high Joel '86 Brand; George '42 and Attending: Nancy Mackaman group enjoyed the delicious food WesthoJ school se niors and juniors to Norma Axmacher: Randy Verkamp '85; Don and Pat Warner; Hank and th e ca maraderie. T he Cen­ '72; Armi n Tucker '40; Dennis Bell Sauer '56; Dee Ann Sanders '71, and the encourage good students to at­ tral Ozarks Section executive '90; Loren Wh etsell '90; Me rrill '74; Majdi Najm '80; Robert Davis; and Vir! tend UMR. The section decided and Me board members hosted the meet­ Stevens B3, '88; Dennis R. '69 and Lee Saperstein: Donald Myers '61, to give $100 to the Alumni Asso­ Randy I ing with help from Jennie Bay­ Judith McGee; Robert F. Kennedy '64; Randy Verkamp 72; A I Bolon ciation in memory of Kevil Crid­ '60; Lillian Lay: Don and Nancy '61 ; Robe,t Russell; Jerry Bayless '71 and less '89. Brackhahn; Kenneth Converse; Rick '59; W.E . Anderson '67, '70; Charles er '28 and Warren C G eil '57. Attending: C. L. "Connie " Bald­ Frederick; Kittie Robe,tson. Dare; Joel Brand '86: Lucien M. The money will go toward schol­ win '69; Jerry '49 and Mary Frances The Missouri Society of Pro­ Bolon Jr. '59; Jim Perkins '66; Kent arships. Officers elected for the Berry; John 7 1. 79 and Amy Buck­ Roberts '50; Dixie Finley '68; Mildred walter; Ted Hunt '33 and Marlene fessional Engineers and th e Cen­ The coming year are John Moscari Gevecker; Marie Guinnup; Gary '60, Burrell; Neal '60 and Lynn Granne­ tral Ozarks Section joined to­ ti on he '5 1, president and Phil Brown­ '66 and Barbara '61, '63, B5 Patter­ mann; Bob '40 and Connie Klug; geth er for a sc holarship ing '48, secretary/treasurer. son; Paul Stigall '62: John 71 , '79 on Jun, Jim '42 and Jeffrey Mitchell; John L. The October meeting will be fundraiser at lions Club Park in and Amy Buckwalter; John '89, '91 laws fOI "Jack" Painter '50; Gary '60, '66 Rolla, Mo. , Saturday, Sept. 11 , and Nancy '89 Barr; Jack Burst '43, bership at the Barksdale Officers Club and Barbara '61, '65, '85 Patterson; 1993. The fea ture of the evening '47; John '47 and Sharyn Powell; with John livingston '39 hosting Jim '66, '92 and MOIti Perkins; Ed MSMIL Elmer and Dottye Bagnall; Kent '76 the event and Elmond Claridge '40, Mabel and Myrna R ueff; Merle was th e all-you-can-eat shrimp for Con~ and Lindsay '76 Bagnall: Charles '61, B7 and Judy Southern; Jerry feed. Over 150 engineers, alum­ '39 presenting the program . '49 and Agnes Remington; Glen '39 meetim '59, '62. Shirley and Jennie B9 ni and their guests enjoyed the (S ubmitted by Phil Browning '48) and Janet Brand; Dave and Ruth be held Bayless: Glenn '39, '48, Janet and cabbage slaw, baked beans and Allen: Jeff Cawlfield; Dan '90 and Aile, the deliCiously prepared boiled Loretta Paulson: Me rle '61 and Ju­ Jerry G. shrimp. Cooks for th e evening dith Southern; Les '76 and Susan '52; Jirr were Jack Mentink and Bassem B6 Winfield: Corky '76 and Kathy Schafer Armaly. Stack; Harold '66 and Joyce Fiebel­ Jean Sh H arry Sauer Jr. , president of man; LeCompte '34 and Bernice Tone Va Joslin ; Randy and Mary Moss; Daniel '85. M.S.P.E. thanked everyone for Ke nnedy '26 : Bill and Ferda coming and introduced the offic­ Omurtag; Ken '76 and Beverly Os­ ersand special guests of M.S. P. E. ter; Jim and Pat Anderson; Barb and Jim Perkins, vice-president of th e Mike Durnin; Vernon '42 and Betty The MSM-UMR Alumni Association Loesing; Dick Elgin '74 , '76; Robe rt Wright_I Central Ozarks Section wel­ Elgin '37; Russ '66 and Paula Lin ­ denlaub; M.S.P.E. Director Paul site of comed those in attendance and Jobe; Bob Ybarra; Camille Consol­ Section introduced section officers and t vo; Bill Collins '50, '51, '91; Vi The eVe' board members. (S ubmitted by Springer: Jack Mentink '83; Bassem da '87 2 Ark-La-Tex section m embers at the Texas Utilities Minin g Dixie Finley '68) and Ge ri A rmaly: Kitt ie Robertson; result of Company Oak Hill mine. Whitney Robertson; Ken Robertson; Jamie A rche r; Stephen Rosen. forts. I

MSM ALUMNUS ••••••• Brackhahn presented a sli de show on "St. Pat's Past and The Colorado Section had Present" and had "green" avail­ its summer picnic on Aug. 29, able for purchase. Twenty-five 1993, at the home of Henry '71 alumni and guests enjoyed the and Irene Sandhaus. On a pleas­ music provided by disk jockey ant Colorado afternoon the alum­ Rich Tutko following the dinner ni had a potluck dinner and and program. homemade ice cream social. The Tim Crosnoe '88 won the future basketball game between door prize, a copy of "A History UMR and Colorado School of of MSM/UMR ". Mines was discussed with the Attending: Michael Browne '67; Mike '88 and Michelle BeOl'd; Wal­ idea of having a get together lace '50 and Ethelene Breuer; The Chicago Section Freshman Send-off Picnic was a big before the game and then cheer­ Gretchen Brockfeld '90 and guest; success. The event took place in Oswego, III. , at Bob Wilson's ing on the UMR Miners. More Mike '78 and Laura Clark; Tim Cros­ detailed plans will be made for noe '88; Russ '62 and Laura Ka ­ '62 home. We thank him for all his hospitality. Three freshmen 'olf th e December 3-4 game. mper; Lou '68, '77 and Sherry Lentz; planning to attend UMR in the fall attended the send-off picnic. 27 Attending: Gene '51 and Lee Harold Moe '48 and guest; Tim They were Nicole Rogers, Shane Brady and Kristopher Scholl. Lindsey; Ray Posch '69 and family: O'Mara '82; Dan '85 and Gina Th­ Two current students attended, Andrew Lecren and Michael Kevin '86 and Karla Raines with omson; Linda '87 and Rich '88 Tu­ Casedy. A total of 50 people attended, and fun was had by all. family; Clarence '51 and Dorothy tko; Tom '83 and Kim Wallace; Don (Submitted by Deirk '85 and Maria '85 Feiner) Babcock; Steve Bowser '84 and fam­ and Nancy Brackhahn. Attending: Frank '60 and Janet Watson; Tim '85 and MOI'la '87 ily; Hugh '53 and An n Blevins; Jim 1ackaman Jedlicka; Bob Saxer '61 ; Robert '62 and Julia Wilson; Robert '71 and Westhoff '91 ; Jeff '81 and Lisa Kipp ler: Hank ••••••• Elizabeth Morrison; Michael Moran '72; Eugene '69 and Rosemary and their new addition; Jerry '53 lders 71, Buerke; Richard '59 and Jane Wieker; Joe '81 and Lea Anne '81 and Virginia Plunkett; Charlie '73 !eri Davis; On June 5, 1993, the Heart­ Howell; Dick Phelps '68; Henry Riley '81 , Deirk '85 and MOIia '85 1yers '61, and Marti Schroeder and family; land Section enjoyed a catfish Feiner; Don and Nancy Brackhahn. Randy Kerns '74 and family; Hank AI Bolon supper at the home of c.P. '71 and Irene Sandhaus. y Bayless "Punch" Bennett '54. O:Charies ••••••• Attending: Frank B. '54 and _ucien M. Leona Conci; William H. '54 and Christopher's parents, Gene and tros defeat the beloved Cardi­ '66: Kent Clemence Stewart; Gene W. Ed­ Cinda and his brother, Jeremy, nals at Busch Stadium on July . ;Mildred The Dallas/Ft. Worth Sec­ wards '53; C. P. '54 and A. J. also attended. (Submitted by 16, 1993. Despite the loss, sec­ :Gan;'60. tion held an executive meeting Bennett; Dan '81 and Valeria Kla­ Wayne Andreas '58) tion members enjoyed the out­ ·85PaHer· proth; John L. Painter '50; and Don on June 5, 1993, to discuss by­ Attending: Wayne '58 and Betty n 71 , 79 and Nancy Brackhahn. ing organized by Paul Segura laws for the section. The mem­ Andreas; Garry '65 and Norma Jean n '89, 91 '88, president-elect. Phil Jozwiak bership sent a petition to the Burst '43, ••••••• Bennett; Jim Colliton '78; Austin '66, Steve Baldwin '84 and Kent MSM/UMR Alumni Association '69, Loretta and Cameron Fergu ­ '" powell; Thomas '89 of the St. Louis Sec­ son; C. Kip '52 and Jerre Ferns; Adil '; Kent76 for consideration at its fall board Forty-seven alumni and Godiwalla '67; Mark Gredell 79; tion joined McDonnell Douglas I' Charles meeting. Election of officers will guests of the Houston Section Dan '73, Delores '75, Victoria, Travis Section as guests at the event. ,;Glen '39 be held at the fall meeting. spent a hot July evening in the and Kay Dee Hinkle; Larry Jenkins Attending: Todd Rush '82 and and Ruth Attending: James H. Horne '70; cool comfort of the Astrodome. '73; Mike Farrel; Curt '73, '80, Mary­ Jackie Stein; John Eash '79 and n '90 and Jerry G. Keen ' 71 ; Byron L. Keil beth, Catherine and Joseph Kill­ family; Paul '88 and Lynn (Otto) '52; Jim Mulligan '72; Robert P. Part of a record crowd, the group ;] and Ju· inger; R. Stanley '70, '73 and Bon­ Segura '87; Karl Johnston 78 and Schafer '52, '53, '75; Keith '47 and watched the Houston Astros bat­ rnd Susan nie Kistler; Rich '87 and Stephanie family; Tony Tompras '85; Phil Jean Sheppard; Suzan E. Siy '86; tle the Atlanta Braves. Wayne ,nd Kath y Langenstein and guests; Kirk Law­ Jozwiak '66; Steve Baldwin '84; Torie Vandeven '77; Mark Warner ICe Fiebel­ '58 and Betty Andreas planned son '85, '87; Philip Ling '92; Mark Kent Thomas '89; Jill '87 and Dan '85. d Bemice and organized the event. And '86, Dawn, Quinton and Zack Roach: '90 Finklang; Mario I1isevic '84; Rich lss;Daniel with the assistance of Kip '52 Diane Schwalje '93; David Simpkins '82 and Vicki Manning; Joe Corce Id Ferda ••••••• and Jerre Ferns, they assured '85; Christopher Taber '74; Art '49 '74 and family; Doug Engemann everly Os· everyone attending a good tim e and Pat Weber; Donald '80 and '88: Don and Nancy Brackhahn; . Barb and Lynn Stichnote . The Kittyhawk Lodge at eating, drinking and visiting with Cynthia Winter. 'and BeHy Wright-Patterson AFB was the friends. i6; Roberl site of the Cincinnati/Dayton • •••••• Davia Lin· The section welcomed spe­ Section's St. Patrick's Daygala. ••••••• 'etor Paul cial guest Christopher DeBons, The Miner Music Alumni The event was organized by lin­ Ie Consol' who is starting his studies at UMR Forty members and friends Section held a board meeting 1. '9]; Vi da '87 and Rich '88 Tutko as a this fall under a Miner Music of th e McDonnell Douglas Sec­ on May 1, 1993, in the alumni 3; Bassem result of Russ Kamper's '62 ef­ Alumni Section scholarship. tion watched the Houston As- lounge of Castleman Hall. Ran - ?oberlSon ; forts. Following dinner, Don 10berlSon ; 'osen. MSM AL U MN US 45 ALUMNI n SECTIONS \....JJ

tour of the lake in Gene's boat July 17, 1993, at th e Paradise while others told stori es about Valley Golf Club. The four- their days in Rolla. The crowd person scramble attracted 65 was ready to eat around 5 p. m. alumni and guests, including spe­ when a fried chicken and baked cial guests Don Brackhahn, ex­ ham dinner was served. After ecutive vice president of the dinner story telling and reminisc­ MSM -UMR Alumni ASSOciation, ing continued into th e night. A and Barbara Bergman of Sver­ great time was had by all. drup Corp. Many thanks to Gene and And the winners are .. . Low Pat Barnes for providing the Gross: (S under par) John Gor­ wonderful setting and allowing don 'SS, Chris Dufner, David 3' The Joplin & "Four-State" Area group held its "First us to gather and enjoy it with Harrier, Keith Turner; Low Net Ever" alumni dinner on May 23, 1993, at Travetti's Restau­ th em. (S ubmitted by Doug Mor­ 1st: Phil Jozwiak '66, Vin ce rant in Joplin. Curt Killinger, chairman of the alumni ris 'S9) Jozwiak '69, Ted Rose; Low Net sections committee, was master of ceremonies. Don Brack­ Attending: Gene '50 and Pat 2nd: John Eash '79, 'SO, Brian hahn, executive vice president of the MSM-UMR Alumni Barnes; Roger Barnes; Suzanne Ri­ Grant 'S2, Todd Rush 'S2, 'S4, Association, brought the gathering up-to-date on UMR's chard; Larry '58 and Patty Atha; Mark Hicks '76; Low Net 3rd: Tom '66, Carole and John Bryant; progress and discussed the potential organization of a Tom Herrmann '50, Randy Dreil ­ section in the Joplin area. Jennifer O 'Day 'S9 and Janet Darrell Dixon '90; Cathie and John '84 Dunbar; Dawn '86 and Steve ing 'S I ; Jack Kemper, HalTheer­ Weidman, wife of Thomas H. Weidman '50, volunteered man '50; Longest Drive: #S­ '86 Ho rn ; Marilee and Don '64 10 to help organize the section. Jones; Barbara and Bill '64 Malone; Chris Dufner; # I S-Brian Grant Attending: Curt Killinger '73; Chuck and Tanya Killinger; Doug Morris '89; Doris and John 'S2; Closest to Pin: # 2-John Greg '8 1 and DeAnna Lawrence; Ernest '27 and Faye Moran and '53 Young. Eash, '79, 'SO; # 4--Tim Holst guests; Gary '88 and Jennifer O 'Day; Michael '75 and Janice Perry; LOI"ry '85 and Jo Beth Shumaker; Thomas '50 and Janet 'S I ; #9-Ken Busch '72; # 12- Weidman; Russell E. Williams '59; Don and Nancy Brackhahn. ••••••• Ryan Hodges 'S6; # 1 7- Todd 18 Rush 'S2, 'S4. (S ubmitted by An executive committee Phil Jozwiak '66) meeting of th e Oklahoma Sec­ Attending: Phil Jozwiak '66; dy Skaggs 'S9 presided over the '91 Tippin ; Don Brackhahn; Jael tion was held at th e residence of Ron Jagels '86; Paul Fleischut '85; busin ess meetin g and Debra Kramme and ten student represen­ Jim Bertelsmeyer on June 7, Jim Va n Buren '63; Tom Herrmann Hunke '90 served as secretary. tatives. Additional alumni attending 1993. New officers of the Okla­ '50; Gene Ronchetto '80; Bill Cla r­ the din ner: Paul Buschmeyer '78; Discussion centered on honor­ homa Section are Steve Thies ke '74, '79; John Eash '79, '80; Ron Al '64, '66 and lila Kamp; Cynthia Smith '70; Tim H olst '81; Bill Bride­ in g David Oa kl ey at a recogni ­ '72, president; Thomas Williams 12 Millangue '91; Mahlon H aunschild groom '64; Bryan Cassity '86; Steve '73, president-elect; Glen Lars­ tion dinner scheduled fo r the '83. Skasick '73; John Gordon '88; Bob evening. Everyone was pleased e n '70, secretary-treasure r. Bruce '69, '70; Steve Rinne '78; with the plaque for Dr. Oakley. ••••••• Those ta kin g on th e duties of Vi nce Jozwiak '69; Paul Verh eyen In other business, the secti on set event and committee chairmen '76; Da rre ll Keesling; Ty Van Buren; 19 three goals for th e coming year: The North Alabama Sec­ include Glen Larsen '70, schol­ Randy Dreiling '81: Dave Wrobel 1) participate in campus music tion held a meetin g on Sept. 11 , arship; David Kick '57, golf tour­ '83; Tom Thomson; Brian Grant '82; Milt Murry '64, '80; Steve Wade; programs such as Madrigal din­ 1993, at Gene '50 and Pat Bar­ nament; Dennis Jaggi '70, St. Carol Bridegroom; Ja ck Cassity, nes lake house on Guntersvill e Pat's; Bill Engelhardt '60, Bro­ ner, band dinner and music pic­ Ryan Hodges '86; Chris Dufner; Gil nic, 2) develop activities to bring Lake in Scottsboro, Alabama. A ken Arrow luncheon; and Den­ McKean '62; Joe Nicholalds; Ted diverse segments of music alum­ total of 21 people were on hand nis Jaggi '70, organi zation of Rose; Ken Kohl '84; Pete A rman ni into the section nucleus and 3) to e nj oy a superb day. The Oklahoma City Section chair­ '87; Todd Van Buren; Jack Kemper; in crease communication be­ weather and surroundings coul d man. Fran k McCormick "82; John Lod­ tween the executi ve committee not have been better if th ey were The secti on hosted a recep­ derhose '79; Todd Rush '82, '84; Ken Busch '72; Mark Reed: Ron and fac ulty of the music depart­ custom designed. tion for the UMR Solar Car Team Ortner; Bill Dorsey: Dave Sander; The socia l hour started on June 21 at th e Tulsa fair­ ment. Da vid Harrier; Linda Daniels; Don Attending: David Ashabranner around 2 in the a ft ern oon on grounds. On August 1, the Tulsa Keller '79; Jim S nellmann; John "83: Susan Callahan '78, '80: Lois Gene and Pat's porch overl ook­ Student Send-off Picnic was held Komlos; Kim Va n Buren; Hal Theer­ Crane '79: Penny Cutler '91: Gary in g th e lake. Gene had his year­ at Jim Bertelsmeyer's home. man '50; Joe Wolf "82; Dave Vissin­ '76 and Na ncy '80 Fischer; Gene books out so we coul d look at tai ner '71; Mark Hicks '76; Ralph Hoeltge "89; Debra Hunke '90; Dav­ old pictures of the school and ••••••• Wolfram '50; Mark Orf; Do nna Ort­ id "84 and Pat lIlert; Al Rothermich ner: Mike Hutchinson; Dan Fitzgib­ '82; Randall Skaggs "89; Nicole Tal­ talk about how things have The St. Louis Section held bon; Keith Turner: Tom Pellizza ro; bot '77: Chris "87, "89 and Peg changed and stayed th e same. Dave Milhouse '86. Tarnowieckyi; Kim '92 and Marty Many people were able to take a its annual golf tournament on l

46 MSM A LUM , US ~ Paradise -he four ­ racted 65 Uding spe_ Around the Country ,hahn, ex­ nt of the Alumni Events iSociation, n of Sver- December 2 No. Alabama Section 22 Legislative Recognition Day are ...L ow Doug Morris '89 Jefferson City John Gor­ 205A30·5228 (W) Alumni Office ler, David 3 14-341A145 3" Colorado Section Meeting Low Net Jerry Plunkett '53 March 66, Vince 303-722-8258 (H ) 15 St. Louis Section Lecture !; Low Net Series '80, Brian 3-4 St. Louis Section Ron Jagels '86 The West Texas Section held its first official function Aug. 1 '82, '84, Wom en's BB Tournament 314-531A321 (W) 28, 1993, at the Midland Angels baseball game. The alumni Net 3rd: Edwardsville, IL brought their children, who, th ey report, "devoured enough IOdyDreil­ Ron Jagels '86 17 Houston Section St. Pat's cotton candy to make one ill. " They also claim that they tal ked l alTheer­ 314-531A321 (W) Houston, TX Jim Paul '43 about Rolla more than they watched the ballgame. ive: ~8- 10 St. Louis Section Casino 713-464-1358 (H ) Attending: Scott '80 and sons Cole and Sam Wehner; Ron '81 rianGrant Night and son David Milligan ; Jim '56 and Gwen Ware; Brenda '82 and #2-John Ron Jagels '86 19 No. Alabama 51. Pat's Rene, daughter Adrian and son Andrew Diaz; Greg '90 and Tiffany Tim Holst 314-531A321 (W) Doug Morris '89 McClure; Gary '68 and son Matthew Gerhard; Andrew '83 and 72; #12- 205A30-5228 (W) Odella, son Eric and daughter Emery Rickard; Mike '78 and Cathie, 17-Todd 18 COMMENCEMENT son Robbie, son Michael and daughter Lauren Party. mitted by West Florida 51. Pat's January John VanN0l1 '50 The West Texas Section held its first annual Fall Alumni zwiak '66; Houston S ection 813-351-161 6 (H) Dinner at th e Plaza Club in Midland, Texas on Sept. 11 , 1993. !ischul 'S5; Kirk Lawson '85 Bob Wolf '51, '52, president of the MSM-UMR Alumni 713-496-9600 (W) April Hemnann Association, congratulated the alumni in attendance on being 15-16 Alumni Board Meeting J; BiliClar- one of th e newest sections and presented the section with its February Alumni Office 9, 'SO;Ran charter. Wolf commented on several aspects of the duties and ; Bil/Bride­ 12 Parents' Board of 314-341A145 responsibilities of an alumni section. Everyone had a great ;'S6;Sieue Directors Meeting m 'SS;Bob Alumni Office 19 St. Louis Section Lecture dinner with old war stories, and some not so old, being as Rinne '7S; 314-341A145 Series plentiful as snakes on campus prior to St. Pat's. We in the I Verheyen Ron Jagel' '86 West Texas Section are proud to know we encompass one of Van Buren; 19 African American Alumni 314-531-4321 (W) the largest geographical areas in th e MSM-UMR Alumni we Wrobel Committee Meeting Association, and to prove it we had al umni drive from towns :rian Granl Alumni Office May 100 miles north , 80 miles east and 70 miles west. (S ubmitted :Ieue Wade; 314-341-4145 12-14 COMMENCEMENT by Mike Party '78) -k Cassily, Class of '44 50-year Reunion Attending: Bob '51 , '52 and Dottye Wolf; Greg '90 and Tiffa ny 'Dufner;Gil 5t. Louis Section, UMR vs. Alumni Office McClure; Andrew '83 and Odella Rickard; Mike '78 and Cathie ?Ialds; Ted UM5L Basketball 3 14-341-4145 PO/ty; Alan '80 and Renee Means; Gary '68 and Leah Gerhard; 'ele Arman Ron Jagels '86 Brenda '82 and Rene Diaz; Jim '56 and Gwen Ware; Charles '47 and ckKemper; 314-531-4321 (W) 17 5t. Lo uis Lecture Series Lanette Counts; Sal '73 and Lesley Pagano; Jim '61 and Suzanne John Lod­ 5t. LoUiS, MO Sutherland; Jim '84 and Cynthia Ohlms; Scott Frailey '85; Lloyd '86 h '82, 'S4; Ron Jagels '86 and Teresa Heinze; and Scott '80 and Traci Wehner. Reed; Ron 314-53 1-4321 (W) ue Sander; Jniels; Don lann; John Hal Theer­ CLASS OF COMING SOON laue Vissin · '44 76; Ralph MAKE PLANS TO AITEND YOUR GOLDEN AWMNI RElfNION The MSM-UMR Alumni Association Gold Card Donna Orl­ COMMENCEMENT WEEKE ND, MAY 12-14,1994 MBNA America will be contacting you soon with a credit card offer too jan Fil1gib ­ good to refuse - and by using the card you will be helping ro I peIlizZil ; your alumni association!

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Bureau of Mines gives nearly $1 million for pyrometallurgy research center C1 is at i years. UMR 's Generic Mineral profitable processing o f miner­ -4,' T echnology Center for Pyro­ ai resources, and to facilitate gradu metallurgy is leading a consor­ government, industry and co­ camp tium o f nine universities that operative university efforts," creast recently received $965,581 says Robertson. ment from the U .S. Department o f Participating with UMR in Interior's Bureau of Mines. The the ce nter's activities are re­ numb funds will support a variety of searchers from the UniverSity since research efforts in pyrometal­ o f Arizona, the University of count lurgy, says D avid G.c. Rob­ California-Berkeley, the Colo­ U~ ertson, director of the center. rado School of Mines , Colum­ Park; UMR's pyrometallurgy cen­ bia University in New York, aggre; ter was established in 1982 Massach usetts I nstitute of Tech­ retent through an initiative by the no
o gy, th e University of Neva­ for thE GENERAL MOTORS COMMITS $350,000 Bureau o f Mines. "The initia­ da-Reno, The Ohio State Uni­ years tive was in response to the need versity and Purdue University. News TO ENGINEERING PROGRAMS to develop tec hnology for the eyanc

General Motors, a m ajor related research projec ts. "As employer of UMR graduates, business conditions within the has committed $350,000 over auto industry improve, we're Coming soon : New digs for student recreation five years (1993-1997) to fund optimistic that the sc holarship Officials at UMR broke dents were playing volleyball at key programs in the UMR components of the grant ca n ground in October for the Rec­ midnight because of our lack o f School of Engineering. GM of­ assist our company in the iden ­ reation and Intramural Center. facilities ," says UMR Chancel­ ficials made the announcement tification of future ca ndidates T he ce nter, which is expected lor John T. Park. "This ce nter during the Oct. 1 m eeting of for employment at GM," to be finished before the fa ll will give us the facilities we need the UMR Corporate Develop­ O 'Neal said. 1995 se mester, will provide ad­ as well as help us continue to m ent Council. ditional ca mpus facilities for in­ attract qual ity students to Rodney O ' N eal, director of Sporting the big check are from lelt Robert tramural and other recreational UMR." manufacturing operations for Davis, dean of the UMR School of fitness activities, such as rac­ The $4.1 million faCility will GM's Automotive Components Engineering, John Park, UMR chancellor; fromtl quetball, aerobics and weigh t adjoin the Gale Bullman Multi­ Group, sa id G M entered into Reginald Harris, manager of community stein, training. Students currently use Purpose BUilding and will house the partnership w ith UMR relations for GM; Gary Patterson, UMR the va facilities in UMR's Gale Bull­ an indoor suspended track, four " based on UMR's tradition of associate dean for research and graduate school man Multi-Purpose Building, racquetball courts, a squash academic excellence and the affairs in the School of Engineering; Clark honof which also is used for intercol­ court, th ree multi-purpose outstanding credentials of its D. Sanford, stalf assistant for education MissOl legiate athletics. courts, an aerobics and martial faculty." relations lor GM; Rodney O'Neal, director tOCOIT " Last year, we had m ore arts room and a weight training The GM contribution will of manufacturing operations for GM's !ion 01 than 60 intramural volleyball room, as well as an entrance support sc holarships for minor­ Automotive Components Group and Ralph Testinf teams, and some of the stu- lobby, offices and lockerrooms. ities and women, as well as Uthe, ME'68, chief engineer for GM's The Student fees several high-tech automoti ve- North American Truck Platforms. in rare are p aying for of onl} $l.25 million of natiom th e construction 36 on ' costs, and $l.59 the mt million com es school from campus and test ad private funds. T he "w campus needs to hOPing raise another $1.3 holz sa million from pri­ gota3{ vate sources. oVer. " Was re 48 MSM A LU MNU S 5,201 enrolled on campus this fall about the Freshman Class of '93

Campus enrollment this fall of colleges and universities. Some 800 degree-seeking freshmen entered UM -Rolla is at its highest level in seven And here's more good news this fall. All but 2 percent are full -tim e students. 1of miner. years. A total of 5,201 students about UMR 's student body: ) facilitate - 4,406 undergrads and 795 They're among th e best and 70'/' lJ and co· graduate students - are on brightest in the nation. , efforts: campus this fall. That's an in ­ -More than 20 percent are Missouri residents crease over last year's enroll­ (778) of the 3 ,803 Missouri stu­ 1 UMR in ment of 5 ,182 and the highest dents on campus this fall are The next five states sending th e most students to Rolla are: ~ are reo number of students on campus "bright flight " scholars who University sin ce 1986, when th e head were in the top 2 percent of Illinois 9,8% versity of count was 5,448. th eir high school graduating Texas 2,5'" the Colo· UMR Chancellor John T. class. That's up from th e 715 Kansas 1,6% bright flight scholars enroll ed s. Colum· Park attributes the increase to Oklahoma 1.6'" ew York, aggressive recruiting, improved last fall. :e of Tech· retention efforts and good PR - Based on the scores of Arkansas 1.2'" yof eva· for the campus, which in recent th eir ACT college entrance ex­ )tate Uni· years has been listed in U.S. ams, the average UMR student lniversi . News and World Report, Mon­ is ranked among the top 9 per­ 24'/' ey and other magazine surveys cent in the nation. are female Physics student is a class ACT 27 3ti on is the average ACT score At th e universities, Keilholz began re­ (that's the equiva lent to the 91st percentile IUeybaU at head of a ceiving applications "by the of all those taking the test) lurlackof very bright ton " and kept three cardboard Chancel· freshman boxes full of th e literature un­ 21'/' class at UMR derneath her bed. "My mom his center are choosing non-engin eering degree fields this fall is finally made me throw it all sweneed Sheila Keil­ away. IOtin ue to holz, a phys­ She applied to nine coll eg­ dents to ics major es, including California In sti­ 49'/' from the tiny town of Franken­ tute of Technology and Wash­ are in th e top 10 percent of their high school graduating acility will stein, Mo. Keilholz, who was ington University in St. Louis. class lanMulti· the valedictorian of her high She says she chose UMR be­ wiUhouse school, also holds the distinc­ cause of the opportunities to tracidour 4.5'/' tion of being one of four 1993 get involved in a variety of ex­ a squash are of black/non-hispanic, Am erican Indian/Alaskan Missouri high school graduates tracurricular activities - not just or Hispanic origin .purpose to correctly answer every ques­ science-related endeavors. "Cal al ldmarti tion on her American College Tech was just so science-ori­ 1t rraining Testing college entrance exam. ented," Keilholz says. 2.3% entrance That feat puts Keilholz, 18, Conducting research as an are of Asia n/Pacific islander origin :errOOms. in rare company. She was one undergraduate at UMR also en t fees of only a handful of students appeals to Keilholz. She spent ying fo r nationwide to score a perfect the month of July doing just nillion of 36 on the test. (In 1993, 65 of that, workin g on ion-atom col­ Founders List Continues to Grow struction the more th an 832,000 high li sion experiments under th e Numb" of compa nies r-_1TOO=--..:.20rO~3:,:0::...0 .....:.:4°r° ----=5::;.°°=--..:6°;:.:°~7:.;:0::...0 --=8;::00=----::;90:.:0--, ,d $159 school graduates who took the direction of UMR physics Pro­ comes test achieved scores of 36.) fessor Timothy J . Gay. npus and "When I took the test, I was Keilholz is th e first student Jnds. The hoping I would get a 30," Keil ­ with a perfect ACT score to !JJ=i' ,I I needs to holz says. "When I found out I attend the campus. After grad­ ~i l=l ~ =J J~ l Ither$13 got a 36, I was just about blown uation from UMR , she plans to Ou r list of lounders co ntinues to grow' As 01 press time we have iden tilied 875 compa· from pri' over. " Once news of her score go on to medical schooL nies started by MSM·U MR alumni. We will be lea tUring a complete list 01 companie s rces. was released to colleges and as well as sto ri es about so me 01 the se alumni in a special edition 01 the MSM Alumnus in May, 1994 . I GENEROUS SPIRIT @ ----i I Thefollowing is exce'1)t edjrom a speech given at the CHANCELLOR'S CHALLENGE HomecOl'lIill g Awards banquet in October.

Many years after graduation-back in 1967 -our then­ Your gift to the university can now executive secretary of this alumni association, Ike Ed­ have two times the impact! wards, wrote a very poignant article for theMSM Alumnus magazine. His article was entitled "Givers and Takers." This article made a strong and lasting impact on my The Chancellor's Challenge, a challenge fund provided by the reasoning for responsibility. Ike pointed out in hi s article th at everyone of us who came to Roll a for an education $350,000 estate gift of Wi ll iam Ed ward and Clara Drinkwater were "takers," illustrating that our tuition and our fees Newnam, makes it possible for you to double the value of your gift. covered only 19% of the total cost of our highereducation, and that the state of Missouri and others were paying the remaining 8 1% of th e cost of our engineering education If you are making a new gift of $25 or more, or are increasing your fo r us. gift or pledge from last year by $25 or more, you are eligible for From my own records, I accounted that my parents had paid the School of Mines a total of$I,001.05 in tuition and matching Challenge fu nds. fees for my entire hi gher education, with th e state of Missouri and others paying the balance. Up until this time the old School of Mines had no The Chancellor's Challenge will match your increase in giving, or new established university development group nor any other donation of $25 or more, up to $1000. The Challenge match fol lows organized method for "giving back." Ike pointed out th at everyone of us who had been "takers," had a moral your gift designation, whether you choose to give to the Alumni responsibility and the financial obligation, greatl y needed Association, scholarships, departmental support or anywh ere by the university, to "give back." At that time, then, I began to accept my due responsibility to give back and else at UMRI mailed Ike two checks totaling $1 ,800 to be forwarded to the busin ess office's general fund. This was a pretty hefty Here's how it works: bit of change fo r me in those days as a struggling entrepre­ neur. I have very willingly tried to be a giver ever since. For example if And you increase The Chancellor's For a total Jimmie and I have three wonderful children. We have your gift last year your gift in 1993· Challenge Fu nd designated gift provided each of them with a full college educati on, just was $100: 94 by $200 will match of $500: as our mothers and dads, and our manlas and our papas. your $200 did fo r each of us. And I figure that each of our children will be better rewarded in their lifetimes to makeiton their own, just as all of us have done, just as most of you here tonight have done, and just as our parents did before us. I believe th at every alumnus here tonight will admit th at th ey have benefited culturally, and certainly materi­ all y, by attending thi s wonderful institution here in Roll a. And I hope that every alumnus here toni ght, and especial­ Increase your gift and double the value! ly those from my class of 1944, will consider Ike' s sage counsel th at th ey also be "givers" as well as "takers." For more information about the Chancellor's Challenge, contact: Kittie Robertson. 314·341·4002 . - Hans Schmoldt, ChE '44 Challenge is valid for gifts received Sept. 1. 1993·Aug. 31, 1994 Bartlesville, Okla. (or until the $350.000 is expended). Established, wirh his wife, the Hans and Jimmie L. SchmoldT Chair in Chemical Engineering

"At that time I began to accept my due responsibility to give back and mailed Ike two checks totaling $1,800 .. . I have very willingly tried to be a giver ever since. "

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ad no other ill thal moral eeded hen, I :k and ded to ,hefty repre- since. ehave n.just papas. lildren ntheir u here )re us. ad mit oateri- Rolla. )ecial- s sage rs. " ~: iE '44 Okla. mie L. eeri/lg ORMULA